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Syracuse ranked number one for highest child poverty in the nation
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Syracuse ranked number one for highest child poverty in the nation
by: Madison Moore
Posted: Apr 25, 2022 / 10:42 PM EDT
Updated: Apr 26, 2022 / 09:32 AM EDT
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV)– Antoinette Singleton’s been walking through the front doors of STEAM at Dr. King Elementary School for 17 years. Every day is different, but it always starts the same way.
“So I actually pick up students who, for whatever reason, they either missed the bus or don’t have a bus, I just say listen, I’m on my way,” Singleton, a school social worker said.
Transportation is just one of the many issues plaguing students at Dr. King as they navigate a city that’s now ranked number one for child poverty in the nation according to new Census Bureau data.
The child poverty rate in Syracuse now sits at 48.4%, a decrease from 49.6% in 2015 but not enough to knock it out of the top stop. ... Rochester trailed behind in second place for cities with a population of 100,000 and Buffalo in sixth.
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Syracuse ranked number one for highest child poverty in the nation
by: Madison Moore
Posted: Apr 25, 2022 / 10:42 PM EDT
Updated: Apr 26, 2022 / 09:32 AM EDT
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV)– Antoinette Singleton’s been walking through the front doors of STEAM at Dr. King Elementary School for 17 years. Every day is different, but it always starts the same way.
“So I actually pick up students who, for whatever reason, they either missed the bus or don’t have a bus, I just say listen, I’m on my way,” Singleton, a school social worker said.
Transportation is just one of the many issues plaguing students at Dr. King as they navigate a city that’s now ranked number one for child poverty in the nation according to new Census Bureau data.
The child poverty rate in Syracuse now sits at 48.4%, a decrease from 49.6% in 2015 but not enough to knock it out of the top stop. ... Rochester trailed behind in second place for cities with a population of 100,000 and Buffalo in sixth.
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