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.
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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.
