Homeless Students

This is a tragic story. It’s sad that we have students in our system who are homeless. Nonetheless, this is the reality many of our children face today.

CBS-2 WFMY profiled a couple of weeks ago the story of Antonio King, a student at Andrews H.S., who aged out of the foster care system and as a result, became homeless (click here for the story and video). As a result, he hid inside the school and slept there after hours for a few weeks…until he re-entered the school one evening and tripped an alarm. He had a chance to explain his story to Andrews principal Monique Brooks-Wallace, who then took him home, fed him (his only meal during the day was the school lunch) and got him some clean clothes.

King soon found a permanent situation at Joseph’s House, a place for homeless young adults. He tells Channel 2 that he has a clean bed to sleep in and a safe place to stay.

It would be interesting to find out just how many homeless students GCS serves and what (if any) steps the system is taking to ensure their continuous education.

E.C. 🙂