The Vermont Migrant Education Program serves students between the ages of 3 and 21 years whose families move across school districts to obtain temporary employment on a farm, or to find work in agriculture, dairy or logging. Some of the activities that can make a family eligible include work on dairy, vegetable, fruit, tree and sod farms, logging operations, milk truck driving and some food processing jobs. The program supports parents and teachers by providing free educational services and helping students with transitions into new schools. Students may receive services for three years after a qualifying move. Although our main focus is to serve students who are at risk of failing or are not meeting the Vermont standards, we provide necessary support for all migrant students.

Depending on students’ needs, we offer:

• Home and school coordination
• In-school academic support
• After school homework support
• Summer programs
• Literacy-based activities for families
• Community resource information and referrals
• English language tutoring

Does my family qualify?

If you have moved in the last three years from one school district to another to obtain employment in dairy, temporary or seasonal work in agriculture or logging, your family may qualify for services.

Whom do we serve?

The following supervisory unions participate in the Northeast Kingdom Migrant Education Consortium (MEC) :

• Blue Mountain
• Caledonia Central
• Caledonia North
• Essex Caledonia
• Essex North
• Lamoille South
• North Country
• Orange East
• Orleans Central
• Orleans Southwest
• St. Johnsbury

For more information, please contact:
Dawn Powers, NEK MEC Program Supervisor
Phone: (802) 334-6532 ext 7#
Email: dawn.powers@neklsvt.org

NEKLS Corporate Operations Center
Migrant Education Consortium
Phone: (802) 334-6532 ext 7#

Mary Mulloy, MEP State Director
Phone: (802) 828-3067
Email: Mary.Mulloy@state.vt.us

Erin Shea, Vermont Migrant Education Program State Identification & Recruitment Coordinator Phone: 802-223-2389 ext. 208
Email: erin.shea@uvm.edu
Website: http://www.uvm.edu/extension/family/?Page=migrant.html