Our speaker today was Anita Deranleau, the McKinney-Vento homeless coordinator for the Rapid City School District. This federal law protects houseless students and requires a liaison in every school district to eliminate barriers to education. She makes sure these students are identified and provided basic needs like food and transportation to school. Annually we have about 600-700 houseless students who are helped by this program and are able to get an equal education. For more information please go to: http://doe.sd.gov/title/mckinneyvento.aspx.