Monday, September 11, 2017
City Busing Over 5,000 Students Living In Homeless Shelters To Public Schools This Year
The city will bus a record number of homeless students from shelters to public schools this year in an effort to get more kids to class.
City officials said the 5,161 homeless students being taken to school in buses represent a nearly 77% increase over last year, when the city bused 2,920. The spike comes in the midst of a citywide surge in student homelessness.
Education Department officials said it will cost the city $17 million to operate the 270 yellow-bus routes needed to get the students to class. . .