Category: Unhoused and Undercounted

Federal law requires that public schools assist homeless students to help break what could become an inescapable cycle of hardship. But many of the students who need that aid fall through the cracks.
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District cites ‘educational larceny’ in aggressive audits of student housing

Kavahn is smiling into the camera. He has glasses, brown hair and a mustache and beard.Kate is smiling into the camera. She has glasses and long blond hair. by Kavahn Mansouri and Kate Grumke

This story is republished in partnership with The Midwest Newsroom and St. Louis Public Radio. In March, a frustrated parent wrote an email to the Hazelwood School District. Her daughter had been kicked out of Jamestown Elementary School after the district conducted an investigation into where the family lived. In the email, the mother complained […]