Number of homeless students at record high in W.Va. schools

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The Charleston Gazette
Sunday, November 2, 2014
Number of homeless students at record high in W.Va. schools
By Mackenzie Mays, Staff writer

A record number of homeless students are attending West Virginia’s public schools.

More than 8,300 students were labeled as homeless in the state last school year — an increase of about 9 percent since the year prior, according to the National Center for Homeless Education.

About 70 percent of those students are “doubling up,” or living with grandparents or several family members in close quarters, while about 25 percent are living in shelters, and the rest are on the streets or living in motels...

...Derenge assumes the latest numbers are even higher, though — pointing to an under-reporting problem in the state as a major issue.

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