{"id":13956,"date":"2021-04-05T09:37:51","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T14:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/5badbfa87a.nxcli.io\/mts-secondary\/?p=13956"},"modified":"2021-04-05T09:37:51","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T14:37:51","slug":"removing-barriers-and-creating-connections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-secondary\/removing-barriers-and-creating-connections\/","title":{"rendered":"Removing Barriers and Creating Connections"},"content":{"rendered":"

Removing barriers and providing support lives at the center of everything we do at Minnesota Transitions Charter School. And our students and families helped us find new and better ways to create the support they need with a Resource Fair.<\/p>\n

One MTS Secondary (an MTCS school) parent of two high school students helped take the lead in the recent school resource fair sponsored by MTS Secondary. Numerous local organizations took part offering a variety of support for families and students.<\/p>\n

\u201cMTS is part of our lives. The relationships here with people really matter. I wanted to get involved and interact with other families to make a real difference.\u201d Nataisia said.<\/p>\n

From helping families set up dental appointments, housing arrangements, even rent support, to things like getting needed supplies, food and clothing in our free stores\u2014our temporary Mall of America location school became a haven for families.<\/p>\n

Along with services and support, there was also a beautiful library set up in one of the rooms where children could select books\u2014so many of them featuring students of color.\u00a0\u00a0A special thank you to Hachette Children\u2019s Group\u00a0for their generous donation to MTS Secondary following the destruction of the school in the civil unrest, and also to local independent bookstores Moon Palace and Magers and Quinn for their generosity\u00a0in donating and discounting books.\u00a0The new MTS Secondary school being rebuilt right now will have books everywhere.<\/p>\n

MTCS tries to be a real partner in the lives of our students and families and sometimes that means support outside of school. It\u2019s one of the many reasons MTCS is different from other schools.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are so many barriers,\u201d Nataisia shared. Nataisia is not only an MTS parent, she is also a diversity and inclusion expert and works with numerous area organizations and brings her passion, wisdom and direction to MTCS. \u201cCommunity outreach is my passion.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dozens of people benefited from the day\u2019s activities which was a wonderful preparation for bringing students back to in-person learning at the end of March, if they choose.<\/p>\n

Mary Wattley, MTCS District Advocate for African American Scholars & Family Success said, \u201cWe make school work for families. I want our students and families to feel loved and valued.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>

\"\"<\/a><\/div><\/div>
\"\"<\/a><\/div><\/div>
\"\"<\/a><\/div><\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13961,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nRemoving Barriers and Creating Connections < MTS Secondary<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-secondary\/removing-barriers-and-creating-connections\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Removing Barriers and Creating Connections < MTS Secondary\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-secondary\/removing-barriers-and-creating-connections\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MTS Secondary\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MTSSecondary\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-04-05T14:37:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/04\/IMG_0908-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"667\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@1MTCS\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@1MTCS\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mtcs.org\\\/mts-secondary\\\/removing-barriers-and-creating-connections\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mtcs.org\\\/mts-secondary\\\/removing-barriers-and-creating-connections\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"1\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mtcs.org\\\/mts-secondary\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1998e61c026c0baeaea709b7181b3391\"},\"headline\":\"Removing Barriers and Creating Connections\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-04-05T14:37:51+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mtcs.org\\\/mts-secondary\\\/removing-barriers-and-creating-connections\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1075,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mtcs.org\\\/mts-secondary\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mtcs.org\\\/mts-secondary\\\/removing-barriers-and-creating-connections\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mtcs.org\\\/mts-secondary\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/14\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/IMG_0908-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mtcs.org\\\/mts-secondary\\\/removing-barriers-and-creating-connections\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mtcs.org\\\/mts-secondary\\\/removing-barriers-and-creating-connections\\\/\",\"name\":\"Removing Barriers and Creating Connections < MTS Secondary\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mtcs.org\\\/mts-secondary\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mtcs.org\\\/mts-secondary\\\/removing-barriers-and-creating-connections\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mtcs.org\\\/mts-secondary\\\/removing-barriers-and-creating-connections\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mtcs.org\\\/mts-secondary\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/14\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/IMG_0908-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-04-05T14:37:51+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mtcs.org\\\/mts-secondary\\\/removing-barriers-and-creating-connections\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/mtcs.org\\\/mts-secondary\\\/removing-barriers-and-creating-connections\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mtcs.org\\\/mts-secondary\\\/removing-barriers-and-creating-connections\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mtcs.org\\\/mts-secondary\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/14\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/IMG_0908-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mtcs.org\\\/mts-secondary\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/14\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/IMG_0908-1.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":667},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mtcs.org\\\/mts-secondary\\\/removing-barriers-and-creating-connections\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mtcs.org\\\/mts-secondary\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Removing Barriers and Creating Connections\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mtcs.org\\\/mts-secondary\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mtcs.org\\\/mts-secondary\\\/\",\"name\":\"MTS Secondary\",\"description\":\"An Elementary & Secondary Experience\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mtcs.org\\\/mts-secondary\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mtcs.org\\\/mts-secondary\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mtcs.org\\\/mts-secondary\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"MTS Secondary\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mtcs.org\\\/mts-secondary\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mtcs.org\\\/mts-secondary\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mtcs.org\\\/mts-secondary\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/14\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/MTS-Secondary-Black.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mtcs.org\\\/mts-secondary\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/14\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/MTS-Secondary-Black.png\",\"width\":200,\"height\":201,\"caption\":\"MTS Secondary\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mtcs.org\\\/mts-secondary\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/MTSSecondary\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/1MTCS\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mtcs.org\\\/mts-secondary\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1998e61c026c0baeaea709b7181b3391\",\"name\":\"1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Removing Barriers and Creating Connections < MTS Secondary","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-secondary\/removing-barriers-and-creating-connections\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Removing Barriers and Creating Connections < MTS Secondary","og_url":"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-secondary\/removing-barriers-and-creating-connections\/","og_site_name":"MTS Secondary","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MTSSecondary\/","article_published_time":"2021-04-05T14:37:51+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":667,"url":"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/04\/IMG_0908-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"1","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@1MTCS","twitter_site":"@1MTCS","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"1","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-secondary\/removing-barriers-and-creating-connections\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-secondary\/removing-barriers-and-creating-connections\/"},"author":{"name":"1","@id":"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-secondary\/#\/schema\/person\/1998e61c026c0baeaea709b7181b3391"},"headline":"Removing Barriers and Creating Connections","datePublished":"2021-04-05T14:37:51+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-secondary\/removing-barriers-and-creating-connections\/"},"wordCount":1075,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-secondary\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-secondary\/removing-barriers-and-creating-connections\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/04\/IMG_0908-1.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-secondary\/removing-barriers-and-creating-connections\/","url":"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-secondary\/removing-barriers-and-creating-connections\/","name":"Removing Barriers and Creating Connections < MTS Secondary","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-secondary\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-secondary\/removing-barriers-and-creating-connections\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-secondary\/removing-barriers-and-creating-connections\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/04\/IMG_0908-1.jpg","datePublished":"2021-04-05T14:37:51+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-secondary\/removing-barriers-and-creating-connections\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-secondary\/removing-barriers-and-creating-connections\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-secondary\/removing-barriers-and-creating-connections\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/04\/IMG_0908-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/04\/IMG_0908-1.jpg","width":1000,"height":667},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-secondary\/removing-barriers-and-creating-connections\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-secondary\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Removing Barriers and Creating Connections"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-secondary\/#website","url":"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-secondary\/","name":"MTS Secondary","description":"An Elementary & Secondary Experience","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-secondary\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-secondary\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-secondary\/#organization","name":"MTS Secondary","url":"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-secondary\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-secondary\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/07\/MTS-Secondary-Black.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-secondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/07\/MTS-Secondary-Black.png","width":200,"height":201,"caption":"MTS Secondary"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-secondary\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MTSSecondary\/","https:\/\/x.com\/1MTCS"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-secondary\/#\/schema\/person\/1998e61c026c0baeaea709b7181b3391","name":"1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-secondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-secondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-secondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-secondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-secondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13956"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-secondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13962,"href":"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-secondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13956\/revisions\/13962"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-secondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-secondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-secondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/mts-secondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}