Woodland Joint Unified

Our District helps support families in need of housing, food, and medical support services.

 

The term homeless children and youth means individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence.

This definition also includes:

•    Children and youth who are sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason

•    Children who may be living in motels, hotels, trailer parks or shelters

•    Children and youth who have a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings

•    Children and youth who are living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, or similar settings

•    Unaccompanied youth not in the presence of parent or guardian

Parents and Youth

Padres y Jóvenes

Community and Family Resources

 

 

 

 

 

•    Children/youth who are dependents of the Dependency section of the juvenile court

•    Children/youth residing in out of home placement as ordered by the Delinquency section of the Juvenile Court, Enrollment Rights

•    WJUSD will enroll a foster child immediately even if the foster child is unable to produce records such as previous academic records, medical records, proof of residency, other documentation

•    To ensure a student’s appropriate school placement, we encourage all relevant documents be provided at the time of enrollment if possible.

 

•    When a home placement change occurs, a foster child is allowed to remain in his/her school of origin while under the jurisdiction of the court. 

•    If a foster child exits foster care mid-year they are allowed to remain in his/her school of origin for the duration of the school year. 

•    High school students whose court jurisdiction terminates while they are in high school, can remain in their school of origin through graduation.