MILITARY FAMILy Resources

• Newport News Schools Student Registration

• Virginia Department of Education
• Virginia Public Schools and Children of the Military
• Virginia Public School Directory Information
• Virginia School Report Cards

Area Military Installations

• Joint Military Services School Liaison Committee
• Fort Monroe
• Fort Eustis
• Joint Forces Command
• Naval Weapon Station Yorktown
• Langley Air Force Base
• Naval Station Norfolk
• Naval Air Station Oceana

News Article

• Free online tool targets 'military brats'"
  News article from eschoolnews.com. Web site aims to make transitions to new schools easier for children of military families.

Resources

• Student Online Achievement Resources (SOAR)
  SOAR is a innovative program designed for military families and is accessible worldwide to make it easy for parents to play an active role in their children’s education.
  

• Military Impacted Schools Association
  Military Impacted Schools Association (MISA) is a national organization representing school districts that serve high concentrations of military children.

• Military Families on the Move
  A guide for helping kids and their families during PCS moves.

• Military K-12 Partners
  The Department of Defense Education Activity’s Educational Partnership Branch is dedicated to every military child’s right to a quality education regardless of their location or how often their family moves.

• School Liaisons
  The vision of the School Liaison Program is to coordinate and assist school aged children of military parents with educational opportunities and information necessary to succeed in an academic environment
  

• Department of Defense Education (DODEA Schools Worldwide)
  Teaching the children of Department of Defense military and civilian families worldwide.
  

• Military Child Education Coalition
  The Military Child Education Coalition is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, world-wide organization that identifies the challenges facing the highly mobile military child, increases awareness of these challenges in military and educational communities, and initiates and implements programs to meet the challenges.
  

• School Transfer Checklist
  Checklist for transferring military students.

• Virginia Operation: Military Kids (OMK)
  Operation Military KIDS (OMK) provides support to the children and youth of families who are impacted by deployment.
  

• Military Youth on the Move:
  This site is an easy to use resource that reaches out to youth with creative ways to cope with issues that arise in the face of a move, such as transitioning to a new school, saying goodbye to friends, and getting involved in a new community.

• STOMP
  STOMP will provide military parents with individual assistance and information about parents' rights and responsibilities in achieving special education services for their children whether located in the United States or overseas.
  

Policies

• Chapter 967, Approved April 15, 2004
  Ensures that students whose parents are deployed outside the United States will continue to be admitted to public schools in the Commonwealth without tuition.

• Superintendent's Memorandum No. Inf 146
  Enrollment of Children of Military Personnel Temporarily Relocated Due to Deployment to Active Military Operations; Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Education (October 9, 2001 Superintendent’s Memo (No. Inf 146)). Attachment to Memorandum No. Inf 146

*Information courtesy of York County Public Schools