![]() ![]() “Honestly, Aaliyah said she didn’t care how long, because she didn’t want to go to that school anyway,” her mother said. Aaliyah spent that time playing and sitting around the house. Aaliyah missed the first three weeks of the school year last fall because of delays obtaining transcripts, and Ibarra insisted she not start the year without a plan to address her delays in reading and writing. Once the family moved, enrolling in school was far from easy. Federal counts of homeless people living on the street or in shelters also appeared to decrease in 2021 due to pandemic disruptions, but by 2022, those numbers shot up to the highest in a decade. But the decrease, representing more than 288,000 students, likely includes many kids whose homelessness was unknown to schools. The number of children identified as homeless by schools nationwide dropped by 21% from the 2018-2019 school year to the 2020-2021 school year, according to federal data. Many education leaders, Duffield said, don’t even know about federal money earmarked for homeless students - and the programs expire next year. “There is urgency because of the losses that have occurred over the pandemic - loss in learning, the gaps in attendance and the health crisis,” she said. Schools are offering tutoring and counseling but now have limited time to spend federal pandemic relief money for homeless students, said Barbara Duffield, executive director of SchoolHouse Connection, a national homelessness organization. As students nationwide have struggled to make up for missed learning, educators have lost critical time identifying who needs the most help. Not being identified as homeless meant students lost out on eligibility for crucial support such as transportation, free uniforms, laundry services and other help. Homeless students often fell through the cracks during the tumult of the pandemic, when many schools struggled to keep track of families with unstable housing. Zoom school was especially difficult for Aaliyah because she was homeless - and like thousands of students nationally, her school didn’t know. Teachers complained she was not looking at the screen and took too many breaks. Unfamiliar with a computer, Aaliyah was regularly kicked out of the virtual classroom, her mother said. The family’s struggles coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic that forced Aaliyah to begin her school experience online. “I just didn’t know what letters were which,” says Aaliyah, now 9. “She would sing the song in order, but as soon as I mixed them up, she had no idea.” I would point them out and she didn’t know,” Bridget Ibarra said. “She was in second grade and couldn’t tell me any of the letters. As she was about to start a new school, her mother, Bridget Ibarra, saw how much it was affecting her education.Īt 8 years old, her daughter did not know the alphabet. Tuesday, October 10th, following the 2pm performance on Gilliam Stage.PHOENIX (AP) - By the time Aaliyah Ibarra started second grade, her family had moved five times in four years in search of stable housing. This is a conversation you don’t want to miss! ![]() Flynt will be sharing stories and memories of one of the most fascinating personalities of all time. Wayne Flynt, Auburn University Professor Emeritus of History and author of Afternoons With Harper Lee, his latest book detailing his friendship with this beloved author. Join Producing Artistic Director Katy Brown as she talks with Dr. ![]() *This event has been curated by Barter’s Black Stories Black Voices project.įriday, September 8th, following the 8pm performance on Gilliam Stage.īarter Connects To Kill a Mockingbird – HARPER LEE AND MEĪs soon as she won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize for her novel To Kill a Mockingbird, stories and rumors began to circulate about Alabama’s most famous writer, Harper Lee The time has come to set the record straight. Related Events: Barter Connects To Kill a Mockingbird – WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO TOM ROBINSON?*Ītticus was told that Tom Robinson was killed trying to escape – but is that really true? How does that story fit with what we know about Tom from the book? How does this story change when viewed from a Black perspective? Join the Black cast members of To Kill a Mockingbird and special guest Adam Dickson, Adjunct Instructor of Political Science at ETSU and Supervisor of the Langston Centre in Johnson City, TN as they discuss the context, history, and themes surrounding racial inequality and injustice in the book, the play and our world at large. ![]()
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