Seattle Public Schools has seen a sizeable spike in the number of students experiencing homelessness for the second year in a row.
As of October, when the district collects its annual data on student homelessness as required by the federal McKinney-Vento Act, 2,235 students were currently—or had been—homeless since the school year began.
That’s a nearly 20% increase from last year, when the district recorded a more than 30% jump.
Read more at KUOW.
