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The Department has moved to 135 Santilli Highway in Everett. The Department's office and Licensure Welcome Center are open. The new location has free parking and is a short walk from the Wellington station on the MBTA's Orange Line.
Student and Family Support (SFS)

Educational Stability Office Hours and Training Resources


Orientations to Educational Stability

These full-day in-person training sessions go over the nuts and bolts of ensuring access to a public-school education for students who are homeless, in foster care, or in migratory or military connected families. Federal and state educational rights, student needs and best practices for providing support will be covered. Orientations are for homeless education liaisons, foster care points of contact, and district staff and administrators who support our highly mobile students. State and local service providers and DCF social workers and staff are all welcome.

Dates and locations:

  • October 18, 2023, Springfield, SPS Professional Development Ctr.
  • October 23, 2023, New Bedford, Fort Tabor
  • October 31, 2023, Malden, DESE Conference Room

All dates/locations follow the same agenda and run from 9:00am to 3:00pm The agenda includes a break for lunch-on-your-own. Register: Educational Stability Orientation Sessions 2023-24

Last Updated: February 7, 2024

 
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Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
135 Santilli Highway, Everett, MA 02149

Voice: (781) 338-3000
TTY: (800) 439-2370

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