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What are the challenges faced by children in homeless families regarding their schooling?

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The council member explains that for homeless families, children face challenges in commuting long distances to get to their schools after being displaced from their previous homes.

The commute time is now around 40 minutes for some children.
Children sometimes arrive late to school due to the longer commute.
However, children are reluctant to transfer schools because their current school has become like a second home.
The children have received support at their current school and do not want to give up those benefits.

Shahana Hanif

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And then finally, if you could just respond to the the schooling of your children right now, what is that looking like?

Angela Serda

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This.

UNKNOWN

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So it's been very, very hard.

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They were one of my kids.

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It was literally the school is just was just across the street.

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And from my other child, it was just a couple blocks away.

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Now we have to wake up, like, very, very early are the commute.

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There is now around 40 minutes.

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She was telling me.

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From the new place they're living in, and sometimes they make it on time, sometimes they don't.

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And they she's just not going to transfer her kids from the school because it's what they it's a request specifically from the children.

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They tell her, Mommy, please do not change my school.

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I I love my school.

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This it's basically it's become their 2nd home their 2nd home.

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They have received so much support.

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Their their they're just not willing to give up the benefits that they that they received there.

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And yeah.

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