Report: Sunrise Centers are unfamiliar to Houston ISD staff and far from some of the neediest students
A study by Rice University recently found that HISD’s seven Sunrise Centers are furthest from students living in the Third Ward, Denver Harbor and Northwest Houston. They also found that teachers are not aware of the centers’ services.
Houston ISD cutting wraparound services department, shifting focus to Sunrise Centers
The district is shifting the non-academic support services to its seven Sunrise Centers. The board of managers on Wednesday voted to open an eighth center, which will start operations next school year.
Houston ISD to reduce number of staffers who help students meet basic needs
Amidst budget constraints and an overhaul of how it provides non-academic services, HISD is cutting back on campus-level wraparound resource specialists, who essentially serve as school social workers to help students with unmet needs such as food, clothing and healthcare. Nearly 80% of the district's 183,000-plus students are considered economically disadvantaged.
Homeless Office cuts, Wraparound Services shift and Sunrise skepticism — what is Houston ISD doing for unhoused families?
In Houston ISD, a program intended to meet the basic needs of students is shifting focus from food access to truancy and dropout prevention. The changes come on the heels of a major reduction in the size of HISD’s Homeless Services Office, from 40 workers to 12. Even with a $12 million investment in the new Sunrise Center initiative, some community members worry that HISD is on the wrong path.
Homeless Houston ISD student removed from school after absences, mother arrested due to alleged ‘terroristic threat’
As Houston ISD ramps up its new Sunrise Center program to serve the district’s more than 6,000 homeless students, at least one unhoused child slipped through the cracks — and her mother ended up in jail for eight days. What happened?
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