1 in 5 Students At Brooklyn School Homeless

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1 in 5 Students At Brooklyn School Homeless
Topic Started: Oct 13 2009, 11:35 PM (17 Views)
L.J	Oct 13 2009, 11:35 PM Post #1
Would You Kindly? Posts: 13,103 Group: T-800 Member #12 Joined: June 25, 2006	One In Five Students At Brooklyn School Homeless One in five children are homeless at a public school in Brooklyn, New York, reports Meredith Kolodner of the New York Daily News. Most of these kids live at one of ten nearby shelters. A federal grant has kept the school's after-schools programs open, so the students have been able to spend time reading, cooking, building robots, and out of fights until 6 p.m. "We have families who come in who need shelter," said principal Danika Lacroix. "We have mothers who come in and say, 'My husband's beating on me,'" she continued, "we make sure they get help." The program costs $1,700 per year per student, most of which is covered by the grant. Just a year ago only a third of fourth-graders were reading at grade level. Now that number is up to 44 percent. Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/13/one-in-five-students-at-b_n_319295.html
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