Pass / Fail: Tagged 'military families'

For three years a professor of social work at USC has helped to educate a small army of counselors who work with kids in military families at schools and other agencies. Educators admit that this segment of the public school population is woefully underserved.

At Santa Margarita Elementary School, about six new kids arrive and six leave every week. All of them come from families in which at least one parent is in the military.

Christina Fossel leads a half-hour workshop for about two-dozen third graders. Some just started at this school. Others have been here longer.

“My name is Maria, first year here and I was in Okinawa, Japan… My name is Gwynn. I used to live in North Carolina… My name is Amy, and I moved from El Paso, Texas,” the students introduce themselves.