In the 2017-2018 school year, CIS of Central Ohio expanded into ten additional schools and two new districts. The barriers that make it difficult to come to school or to be able to focus on school once they are there. Having just completed my first full year as the Executive Director of Communities In Schools of Central Ohio, I am humbled and amazed at the work our school Site Coordinators do every day to serve their schools and students! They are in the trenches working with homeless students, pregnant and parenting middle and high school students (yes, middle school!), students who have lost one or both parents to drug overdoses, students sleeping on the floor every night because there are no beds in the house, and students who regularly experience trauma – seeing their mom beat up by a boyfriend, watching their best friend being shot, or even just the trauma of not knowing where their next meal will come from when they’re not at school. The challenges so many of our students face is daunting and sometimes hard to believe, yet it is the reality for many young people today. Communities In Schools works to address non-academic barriers, barriers like those mentioned above.

Please save the date for our annual Community of Support Breakfast, Tuesday, May 15, 8:00am – 10:00am at the OSU Fawcett Center.

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