Back-to-school creates challenges for homeless students

It’s back to school at Aviva’s Wallis House, a 42-bed shelter for women and children experiencing homelessness. Logan Mendoza is five years old and about to start kindergarten. His sister, 12-year-old Nicole, is going into seventh grade.

“Sometimes when the teacher says, ‘You have an amazing daughter. I’m so glad she came here,’ I want to cry, not because I’m sad, because I’m happy. I’m happy to hear she’s a good student,” their mother, Glenda Mendoza, said

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