Editor’s Note: The following report by the North Carolina Housing Coalition verifies something we see played out every day in our classroom in the incessant runny noses, sneezes, coughs, asthmatic attacks, and excessive sick days of our students in poverty. If the human aspect of it doesn’t get to you, then perhaps the $95 million dollar price tag will. Give it a read.
The Economic Cost of Substandard Housing Conditions Among North Carolina Children