Click here for the Sunday Republican’s article on the homeless student population in the Springfield area.
It includes:
In Springfield, 1,186 homeless students were enrolled in September, nearly double the number from the previous year; as of March 1, the figure had climbed to 1,300.
In Holyoke, the number fluctuates month to month, with 369 homeless students currently enrolled; the total is 539 for the year, or roughly 10 percent of the student population.
