A social worker in the Fox C-6 School District has discovered a way to keep needy kids in warm clothes while helping her friends clean out their own closets.
Sometimes teachers will notice a student who never seems to change his clothes or is still wearing flip flops in the winter. Sometimes kids are just struggling in another area of their life and a counselor will send them to see Gayle Beck, a Fox C-6 School District social worker. And Beck is there to help however she can. Beck’s main job as the district’s only social worker is to help families and homeless students who have needs stretching beyond academic issues. She doesn’t have a budget to directly aid families, only a list of resources in Arnold and Jefferson County where she can send families for assistance. But a lot of time she helps students out of her own pocket. In her office she has a box of soup and inexpensive food she can …
A pre-registration meeting will be held on Thursday.
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Friday, January 27, 2012
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Robin Scott
11:08 pm on Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Gayle you have such a big heart! Thank you for helping our kids!! more ›