San Diego Schools Struggle With Growing Number Of Homeless Students
KPBS Special Report
KPBS Education Reporter Kyla Calvert takes an in-depth look at San Diego Unified School District's efforts to help its 3,500 homeless students stay in school.
KPBS Education Reporter Kyla Calvert takes an in-depth look at San Diego Unified School District's efforts to help its 3,500 homeless students stay in school.
Video Highlights
Without Family To Lean On, One San Diego Student Is Determined To Thrive
Prodding Like A Parent For 30 of San Diego's Most Vulnerable Students
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Courtney Medlin, 16, Junior Scripps High School
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David Rammer with San Diego Unified staff working with homeless students. Left to Right: Pamela Hosmer, Dianne Collins, Dave Rammer, Susan Kellett, Holly Doolith, Vanessa Peter and Amy Hines.
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David Rammer with Lavelle Johnson, 17, and counselor Elizabeth Curran. Johnson is enrolling in the Oracle program at Garfield High School.
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Courtney Medlin, 16, a junior at Scripps Ranch High School, is one of an unknown number of "unaccompanied minors" - children who are not living with a parent or guardian and have avoided the foster care system.
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David Rammer, a traveling teachers with San Diego Unified's Office of Children and Youth in Transition, drops off food and supplies for homeless students at Garfield High School.
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Tom Sides, with his first grade math and English class at Sherman Elementary. Between 40 and 50 students, or about 8 percent of Sherman students are experiencing homelessness.
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Yolanda Riquelme with her first grade science class, giving a science lesson, in Spanish, with toothpaste on hand. About 8 percent of Sherman Elementary students are doubling up with extended family, living in shelters or on the street. Riquelme works with these students in transition and other during before-school tutoring sessions.
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3-Part Series
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Courtney Medlin, 16, travels an hour-and-a-half to Scripps Ranch High School each morning. She was determined to stay after leaving her family for a group home. -
About a dozen San Diego Unified staff support the district's 3,500 homeless students. -
Sherman Elementary is making gains while serving a large number of homeless students. This story is part three of a series on San Diego Unified's growing homeless student population.
