When children are removed from their homes and placed in foster care, their lives are forever changed. Children are not only being separated from their families but from their schools. Many children are already struggling academically without adding the factor of being placed in foster care, due to no fault of your own. If children in foster care lose their sense of safety in their home, the next place children feel safe is at school. What happens if they no longer have that? How can teachers reduce extended trauma in an educational classroom for children in foster care? This article examines this trauma, explains the Foster Connection and Increasing Adoption Act (2008), and describes the role of teachers and school counselors in ensuring a sense of belonging in the school environment.