Amelia Posted November 16, 2006 Posted November 16, 2006 Homeless students in Oregon has staggering numbers Wednesday, November 15, 2006 ASSOCIATED PRESS SALEM, Ore. -- It's hard enough being a high school student sometimes, but imagine being a student who is homeless? State Schools Superintendent Susan Castillo announced Wednesday that Oregon's homeless student population for the 2005-06 school year was more than 13-thousand. Just as in 2004 and 2005, the greatest numbers of homeless students were 12th graders at 12-hundred-33. At the time of their enrollment, 61 percent of homeless students in Oregon reported sharing housing with relatives or friends due to economic hardship or similar reason. Another 17 percent reported living in a homeless shelter; 15 percent were reported as unsheltered or living in substandard housing; and seven percent were living in motels. Castillo says the increase in homeless students this year alone would fill 60 school buses. Quote <p><span style="color:#0000FF;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you."</span></span> Eph 4:29</span><br><br><img src="http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/gizmotimetemp_both/US/OR/Fairview.gif" alt="Fairview.gif"> Fairview Or</p>
Administrators Gail Posted November 16, 2006 Administrators Posted November 16, 2006 Amazing, as well as very sad. It's time for another George Müller! There is a new documentary coming out on the life of Müller called, "Robber of the Cruel Streets" It sounds like it will be a great film about the miracles that God provides when someone puts his life totally in His hands. Would love to see a modern counterpart, although I suspect there are probably many out there that we don't hear about every day Quote Isaiah 32:17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
Dottie Posted November 19, 2006 Posted November 19, 2006 How do they define homeless? Not living with their parents? Some of those listed obviously have a place to sleep, and food to eat. Living with relatives doesn't seem homeless to me. Guess I have preconcieved ideas about homeless. My son offered to give a woman dinner if she would clean his apartment. She was standing on a street corner with a cardboard sign. The first thing she did was pull out a daytimer and say, "Me and my six kids can't fit you in until next Thursday." My son said, "that's not going to work for me," and went on his way. Quote
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