I go where I must, and do what I can.
Around 1,000 of the less than 17,000 students in KCPS are homeless, Green said. Slightly more than 89 percent of students are on free or reduced lunch and 25 percent have limited proficiency in English. Despite past efforts to desegregate the Kansas City schools, 59.5 percent of students are African-American, 26.6 percent are Hispanic, 9.5 percent are white and 3.8 percent Asian. The district’s boundary includes the inner city but extends into middle-class and affluent neighborhoods.
Of the 31 schools run by the district, not all are failing.
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