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Why LAUSD needs more counselors for at-risk youth
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Jun 4, 2014
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Why LAUSD needs more counselors for at-risk youth
A recent survey showed 40 percent of kids in poor neighborhoods should receive counseling, but L.A. Unified only has one counselor for every 2,200 kids.
Like many students at Highland Park's Franklin High, ninth-grader Noemi Potenciano lost a brother to a drive by. Across L.A. Unified services for students affected by trauma are extremely limited.
Like many students at Highland Park's Franklin High, ninth-grader Noemi Potenciano lost a brother to a drive by. Across L.A. Unified services for students affected by trauma are extremely limited.
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A recent survey showed 40 percent of kids in poor neighborhoods should receive counseling, but L.A. Unified only has one counselor for every 2,200 kids.

Teaching Through Trauma: the second in a series of stories on poverty in Los Angeles schools. Read Part One here.

Half of low-income students in the L.A. Unified School District read below grade level. The district's tried a number of interventions — after school programs, summer school, a crack down on attendance — but there's one big thing they aren't trying.

In the final installment on our series "Teaching through Trauma," KPCC's Annie Gilbertson talks to kids in Highland Park.