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NCHEP Compliance Forums + Barnyard Animals

Written by Savannah Gay on . Posted in NCHEP News.

Annually, the North Carolina Homeless Education Program (NCHEP) holds Compliance Forums for homeless liaisons across the state. Compliance Forums allow for homeless liaisons to expand their knowledge on the McKinney-Vento Act, foster relationships with neighboring homeless liaisons, and develop practices to best support the needs of their students experiencing homelessness.

This year, NCHEP had the pleasure of holding one of its Compliance Forums at North East Carolina Preparatory School in Tarboro, NC. North East Carolina Preparatory School is one of two schools in North Carolina to have agriculture programs for their K-12 students. They currently have a miniature donkey named Pancake, goats, sheep, and mini highland cows. Their students are able to work directly with the animals, learning how to feed and care for them and about the role of farm animals in agricultural businesses.

Our homeless liaisons were able to enjoy a break from our meeting to take a tour of the school’s barn and interact with the farm animals. It was a great day of learning, but also a wonderful opportunity to see firsthand the unique ways this charter school engages their students in hands-on learning.