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Posted By tehranchik 1 year, 3 months ago in NewsRachel Brown, 8, waited patiently at People Serving People in Minneapolis for her bus to Sojourner Truth Academy for her first day of third grade Tuesday morning.
"There are too many [homeless] kids to deny that this is real," said Elizabeth Hinz, Minneapolis public schools' liaison to homeless and highly mobile students.
Minneapolis estimates that about 5,500 of its 35,000 students -- about one out of six -- are homeless or lack permanent housing at some point during the school year.
That's up 18 percent over the year before.
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Well, I'm from and live in the Pacific Northwest. I did live in the middle east during the late 70's and early 80 ...
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