Our School

K-12 Tuition Free North Carolina Public Charter School

 

Contact Us: 
2045 Suttle Avenue
Charlotte, NC 28208
P: (704) 464-3830
F: (980) 223-5005

 

 

Child Find Efforts in North Carolina and the Department of Public Instruction
North Carolina has a continuing Child Find procedure to locate all children with disabilities residing in the State, including children with disabilities attending private schools, regardless of the severity of their disability, and who are in need of special education and related services. This effort also includes highly mobile children with disabilities (such as migrant and homeless children) and children who are suspected of being a child with a disability and in need of special education, even if they’ve advanced grade levels. The purpose of this procedure is to enhance public understanding of exceptional children and youth and with special needs, to identify and locate the children and youth and to inform the public of available services. The collection and use of data to meet the requirements of Child Find are subject to the confidentiality requirements.
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In Charlotte Lab School a poster and brochures are available to the public regarding NCDPI’s efforts to provide information to parents, grandparents, and guardians about the Child Find Process. For more information regarding this effort, please select the following link: Child Find – NCDPI and/or contact Kendall Jinwright or grades K-6 or Kia Broussard for grades 7-12.

Learn more about our Title 1 Parent & Family Engagement Plan. 

 

• 2022-23 Read to Achieve Grade 3 End-of-Year (EOY) Results

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McKinney-Vento

• Children or youth who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence, including:
  Sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason
• Living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camping grounds due to the lack of adequate alternative accommodations
• Living in emergency or transitional shelters
• Living in a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings
• Living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings
• Migratory children living in the above circumstances
• Unaccompanied youth living in the above circumstances

• • Enroll immediately, even if they do not currently have the paperwork normally required for enrollment.
  • Attend either the local attendance area school or the school of origin, with the placement decision based on the student's best interest.
  • Remain in the school of origin for the duration of the homelessness or until the end of the school year in which the student becomes permanently housed.
  • Receive transportation to and from the school of origin.
  • Receive educational services, such as free school meals and Title I services; and participate in gifted and talented programs, vocational education, alternative education, and any other services comparable to what housed students receive.
  • Not be stigmatized or segregated based on their status as homeless.

•  Unaccompanied homeless youth shall be immediately enrolled without proof of guardianship.
• During a dispute over school selection or enrollment, unaccompanied homeless youth shall receive a written statement explaining the school's decision, the youth's right to appeal the decision, and a referral to the local liaison.

• Selecting a school of attendance and enrolling in school.
• Requesting transportation to and from the school of origin.
• Enroll in school immediately while disputes are resolved.