LETTER: Numbers matter
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The Moses Lake School District's report card from the (Washington) Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction indicates that 2% of our students are homeless, equating to 180 students.
The most recent Point-In-Time count for Grant County identified 64 unsheltered individuals and 68 sheltered homeless people, for a total of 132. Only six children were counted among the unsheltered households.
Is the MLSD overcounting or is the county undercounting? These numbers matter. They impact real people with real barriers to a successful adulthood.
Vaughn Blethen
Moses Lake