BY JENNIFER CABRERA
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Today, Alachua County Commission Chair Ken Cornell sent a letter to School Board of Alachua County Chair Thomas Vu, asking the school district to meet with other area organizations and review their “underutilized and vacant” School Board facilities “to better serve students and families experiencing homelessness.” However, Vu said at a workshop last week that he is “against that completely.”
The letter from Cornell cites data from the Alachua County Public Schools McKinney-Vento program, indicating that “more than 930 students leave the classroom each day without a stable place to call home.” At a recent Summit on Family Homelessness, Cornell wrote, “community leaders, service providers, and stakeholders reached a clear consensus that stronger coordination is essential to address this mattter.”…