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Lesson: How I fought for data on the invisible kids falling through the cracks in one Augusta school district
"I was used to seeing homeless men and women leaving the shelter. This was different. Why so many children?"
Project: I-TEAM | Lost on the faultline: The invisible children
The reporting team uncovered nearly 3,000 students in the Richmond County School System are unaccounted for this school year.
Project: I-TEAM: Where is the money going in Richmond County schools for homeless students?
After an I-TEAM investigation and a recent supplemental grant from the state, the Richmond County Board of Education agreed to provide additional funds to address the growing needs among homeless students and the record number of teens missing from the classroom.
Project: I-TEAM: Teens vanishing in record numbers from classroom
After nearly two years of unprecedented losses from lives and jobs to homes and education, the ITEAM found high school students in Augusta are now vanishing from the classrooms in record numbers.
Project: I-TEAM | Children stuck on the fault line in education
They are the youngest victims of the homeless crisis in Augusta. Young, helpless faces that are tired, weary, and in need of rest, shelter, and food. And in need of an education.

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The pandemic’s homeless students have been left to languish in Georgia
The pandemic hit students like an earthquake. It's even worse for students in one failing school... more »
posted 02/14/22

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Lesson: How I fought for data on the invisible kids falling through the cracks in one Augusta school district
"I was used to seeing homeless men and women leaving the shelter. This was different. Why so many children?"
Project: I-TEAM | Lost on the faultline: The invisible children
The reporting team uncovered nearly 3,000 students in the Richmond County School System are unaccounted for this school year.
Project: I-TEAM: Where is the money going in Richmond County schools for homeless students?
After an I-TEAM investigation and a recent supplemental grant from the state, the Richmond County Board of Education agreed to provide additional funds to address the growing needs among homeless students and the record number of teens missing from the classroom.