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TexasTowelie

(112,101 posts)
Thu Mar 25, 2021, 02:51 AM Mar 2021

Florida is starting to understand where tens of thousands of 'missing' kids have gone

A huge drop in enrollment this academic year had school districts and lawmakers concerned about tens of thousands “missing” kids and where they all went during the COVID pandemic.

But the puzzle pieces are coming together, as lawmakers work on Florida’s state budget this session.

During a Senate appropriations subcommittee on education Wednesday, Sen. Doug Broxson implied that a chunk of those kids are now better accounted for. He represents Escambia, Santa Rosa and part of Okaloosa counties.

“We know that the enrollment was down some 88,000, that’s been reduced to about 48,000,” he said, referring to the number of students expected to enroll in Florida schools during the 2020-21 school year, but did not.

Read more: https://www.floridaphoenix.com/2021/03/24/florida-is-starting-to-understand-where-tens-of-thousands-of-missing-kids-have-gone/

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Florida is starting to understand where tens of thousands of 'missing' kids have gone (Original Post) TexasTowelie Mar 2021 OP
I know where they went ... marble falls Mar 2021 #1
48,000 is still a HUGE number of missing kids. lark Mar 2021 #2

lark

(23,091 posts)
2. 48,000 is still a HUGE number of missing kids.
Thu Mar 25, 2021, 09:30 AM
Mar 2021

Damn, this must be investigated! I can't stand the asses running this redneck state, they don't give a fuck about anything other than enriching the already rich and stealing everything from the working class/poor.

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