1316 Troop Row, Building 60
Fort McPherson, GA  30330-1069
Commercial:  404-464-3192
DSN:  88-367-3192

    The Army is an active participant in a partnered education environment including community, school systems, parents and students.  
    The mission of the School Liaison Services office is to improve the educational environment of school age family members. The goals
are to accomplish the mission by:
            ·  Supporting the school transition needs of military families.
            ·  Implementing strategies to promote predictability in supporting the educational environment.
            ·  Promoting increased involvement and participate in the educational process. 
            ·  Educating members of the Partnered Education Environment.

The School Liaison Officer (SLO):
            ·  Represents and informs the command on school issues.
            ·  Provides Army parents with referrals for assistance.
            ·  Coordinates with school officials.
            ·  Forges partnerships between the military and local schools.
            ·  Communicates educational opportunities and information.

    A Memorandum Of Agreement (MOA) for Partnership in Education is designed to immediately address transition problems identified in the United States Army’s (SETS) data. For the sake of the child, the MOA is adopted by the United States Army’s Secondary Education Transition Study (SETS) partners in a way that a models and exemplifies partnership, flexibility, inclusiveness, and information sharing for all schools that serve high school age military students.
    The signatory leaders of Fort McPherson, Fort Gillem and the metro-Atlanta school districts that are committed to continue developing and implementing best and promising practices that will assist in the transitioning of military connected students are as follows:

Metro-Atlanta public school Web sites
For information regarding schools around each of the military bases go to www.gadoe.org.  On the left hand side under Newcomers is a section called system guides.  Open that up and scroll all the way to the bottom to Active Duty Military.  Click view and there is all the information regarding schools around each of the military bases.
Atlanta Public schools	www.atlanta.k12.ga.us
Clayton County schools	www.clayton.k12.ga.us
Cobb County schools	www.cobb.k12.ga.us
Coweta County schools	www.coweta.k12.ga.us
Decatur County schools	www.decatur-city.k12.ga.us
DeKalb County schools	www.dekalb.k12.ga.us
Douglas County schools	http://www.douglas.k12.ga.us/
Fayette County schools	www.fcboe.org
Fulton County schools	www.fulton.k12.ga.us
Georgia Dept. of Education	www.doe.k12.ga.us
Gwinnett County	www.gwinnett.k12.ga.us
Henry County schools	www.henry.k12.ga.us
Marietta City schools	www.marietta-city.k12.ga.us
Newton County schools	www.newtoncountyschools.k12.ga.us
Spalding County schools	www.spalding.k12.ga.us
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Declaration to intent to use a home study or home school program
    A declaration of intent must be submitted to your local school district within 30 days after establishing a home schooling program and by Sept. 1 annually thereafter. Forms may be obtained at the School Liaison Office, Building 60, Fort McPherson.

Age eligibility requirements
Pre-kindergarten:  4 years of age on or before Sept. 1
Kindergarten: 5 years of age on or before Sept. 1
First grade: 6 years of age on or before Sept. 1

Registration Requirements
- Ear, Eye and Dental Screening, which must be submitted on Georgia Form 3300.  No child entering a Georgia school for the first time shall be admitted unless the child has certificate of eye, ear, and dental screening.  This Georgia Department of Human Resource certificate must be signed by the Health Department or a licensed Georgia facility.
- Immunization Certificate on Georgia Form 3231.  Georgia requires students to be immunized against measles, mumps, polio, rubella, whooping cough, tetanus, diphtheria, hepatitis B, haemophilus influenza, and varicella.  Immunization must be on the proper Georgia Department of Human Resources form.  Sixth grade students must have an additional MMR (mumps, measles and rubella) and are required to have the chicken pox (varicella) vaccine or proof of immunity.
- Birth Certificate - Georgia requires that all parents provides the schools with their child/children birth certificate.  Birth certificates for born in Georgia may be requested from the Georgia Department of Human Resources, Vital records, 2600 Skyland Drive NE, Atlanta GA 30319-3540; Phone:  404-679-4701; Fax:  404-524-4278.
- Proof of Residence.  All students must be able to provide two documents indicating residence in the attendance area.  Appropriate documents for verification of residency must include any two of the following:
        ● Copy of home mortgage payment book
        ● Current utility bill (gas, electric, or water)
        ● Apartment lease showing name of legal guardian
        ● Homeowner’s insurance registration/card
        ● Current Paycheck stub
        ● Current Bank statement
        ● Driver’s license showing legal guardian’s current address with one of the above
        ● Copy of sales contract
        ● Receipt to have utilities connected
        ● Affidavit of Residency with signatures from the permanent resident and parent or guardian notarized with two of the above.  The two additional documents should bear the name of the signing as the permanent resident of the dwelling or apartment.
- Social Security numbers are voluntary.  Waivers are available in local schools.  Application security numbers are also available in local schools.  A migrant number is also acceptable.
- Academic Records - If possible, please bring most recent report card, withdrawal form from previous school and transcripts.  These are essential for proper placements of students.  Students in grades 7-12 need copies of any discipline records.

Vaccination requirements
·  Diphtheria – Tetanus – Pertussis: five doses, one dose of DPT / DtaP / DT must be on or after the fourth birthday. If the fourth dose was on or after the fourth birthday, the fifth dose is not needed.
·  Polio (IPV, OPV): A minimum of three doses of vaccine; one dose should be given on or after the fourth birthday.
·  MMR – Mumps, Rubella (measles), Rubella (German measles):  Two doses of vaccine on or after the first birthday.  The two doses of vaccine must have been received at least 28 days apart.

Out-of-zone requests
    Out-of-zone requests should be sent to this address:
            Atlanta Public Schools
            Office Of Student Placement Services
            The Center For Learning And Leadership
            130 Trinity Avenue
            Atlanta, GA  30303
    The telephone number for the Student Placement office is 404-802-2204.
    Applications and instructions on how to complete the out-of-zone request is available at the student placement office. Call the office for verification of information needed to complete this process.

Stabilization for soldiers
     The Stabilization for Soldiers program began in April 2001.  It allows soldiers to extend their tour of duty at their current duty station for an additional year so a family member can graduate from their current school.   So far, over 2,000 military families with high school seniors have taken advantage of this program. 
    Soldiers who have children in high school must request stabilization from PERSCOM before their children begin their high school junior year.
    The request is made on a DA Form 4187 (Personnel Action). A soldier must list known scheduled temporary duty for a training course and other purposes.
    Officers need to contact their branch assignment officers if they are scheduled for training at the end of their current tours. That will tell the branch that the training requirement may have to be deferred.
    A letter from the high school stating when the student is expected to graduate from the school must be attached to the DA Form 4187.

eCybermission
     eCybermission (eCM) is a unique, Army-sponsored, free Web-based science, math and technology competition for sixth-, seventh-, eighth- and ninth-grade students. eCybermission targets students of all capability levels. The competition encourages and rewards a diverse range of proficiency levels, interests and backgrounds.
    Army personnel serve as eCM ambassadors to promote the competition throughout the nation and to demonstrate the Army’s commitment to America’s youth and their pursuit of science, math and technology. Army scientists serve as cyber guides to assist students with their projects through scheduled chat room sessions and e-mail.
    eCM is open to all students attending a U.S. or DoD Education Activity school in grades 6 through 9. Teams must include three to four students from the same grade level. Team members may be from private, public or home schools. Each team must also select an adult team advisor.
    The program is not school-bound and teams may sign up through civic organizations or on their own from home or through local library computers.
    At Headquarters, U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM), at Fort McPherson, a Tiger Team, made up of members from each command directorate, support and promote this program. Volunteers serve as registered ambassadors and visit local schools, academic forums and educational events to explain eCM. Competition registration begins Sept. 15 each year. The eCM Web site is located at www.ecybermission.com.  For more information or to set up a briefing on eCM, call the FORSCOM program coordinator at 404-464-6410.
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Graduation requirements
     For information on graduation requirements for Atlanta public schools, click here.

Standing Operating Procedure
Click here to view a standing operating procedure (SOP) for Soldiers outprocessing through School Liaison Services

Link to Evaluation Tool, Interactive Customer Evaluation
You are invited to use the Fort McPherson and Fort Gillem Interactive Customer Evaluation (ICE) site.  Provide us with your comments and suggestions.  Help us improve our Community’s Programs and Services.  Log on to http://ice.disa.mil.  

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Updated:  Wednesday, August 12, 2009