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Brittney Fiorini Jerred is an award-winning columnist and the editor of "Syracuse Parent." You can leave comments below. She may also be reached at editor@syracuseparent.net

What we're thinking
Posted on Tue, July 7th, 2009
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Syracuse high schools will graduate 32 homeless teenagers this month, according to the city’s daily newspaper. That might be something of which the school district should be proud, but as a community it would seem to be a shameful statistic.
In the same report, “homelessness” is defined those students without fixed, regular, adequate nighttime housing including: shared houses with another family or living with adults other than their legal parent or guardian; staying in motels, hotels, trailer parks, campgrounds and emergency shelters; staying in public or private space not intended for humans to sleep; living in cars, abandoned buildings, bus or train stations or other substandard housing; children abandoned in hospitals; children awaiting foster care placement and some migrant children.
How many homeless teens are there, really? If 32 have managed to navigate through shelters, foster homes and programs, we’re left to wonder how many – perhaps hundreds -- escape the social services net.
What greater injustice is there than to be abandoned by your parents? As a community we need to salvage more of these throw-away youngsters and channel them into productive lives.
The city school district, meanwhile, should be commended for identifying the problem and seeking the funds that enable this lucky 32 to graduate high school. Still, it’s hard to believe that more cannot be done to get more homeless kids off the streets and into a protective environment where they can thrive.

Kaitlyn poses for her babysitter who took this image of her playing outside.