A Chat About Services for Pasco's Homeless Students

A teenager whose donation drive netted 147 pairs of jeans for the county's Students in Transition program interviews the school district’s homeless liaison.

Ridgewood High senior Thomas Rodriguez asked for donations of jeans to help clothe homeless students and received 147 pairs. The jeans are being donated to the Pasco County School District’s Students In Transition program, which provides services to homeless students throughout the county. Rodriguez collected the donation for his senior project. As part of his project, he interviewed the school district’s homeless liason, and Patch sat in. Here’s an edited transcript of Rodriguez and Erika Remsberg’s Q & A: Rodriguez: How do you get enrolled in Students in Transition? Remsberg: You get enrolled when you’re identified by a school staff personnel. There are faith-based organizations that will refer to us. The sheriff’s office will refer to …

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