With record highs in unemployment and thousands of Floridians forced out of their homes because they can’t pay the mortgage, public schools are seeing a huge rise in the number of homeless students. In the 2002-2003 school year, the state counted 6,201 students as homeless. By 2009-2010, that number had risen to 49,104.
Number of homeless kids rising at Florida schools
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