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My classes have a high percentage of Latino students from very low incomes with multiple family households. Quite often the families are in transition from one culture to another with all of the attendant problems. Alcoholism, drug use, familial abuse, and poverty abound. The children are often left on their own as their parents work long, hard hours to make a better life. Gang involvement is prevalent among the unattended youth, and with little or no discipline from home, they take every opportunity to get into mischief. One of the schools in our district that fits this description has 885 students enrolled in kindergarten through 8th grade, 95% of which are Latino, 60% of whom qualify for free lunches while another 20% to 30% qualify for reduced lunches, my class is very similar. Many of my students are reading well below grade level and giving them time to quietly read for pleasure is not something they have a lot of exposure to. No air conditioning makes it hard to focus/read.

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My classes have a high percentage of Latino students from very low incomes with multiple family households. Quite often the families are in transition from one culture to another with all of the attendant problems. Alcoholism, drug use, familial abuse, and poverty abound. The children are often left on their own as their parents work long, hard hours to make a better life. Gang involvement is prevalent among the unattended youth, and with little or no discipline from home, they take every opportunity to get into mischief. One of the schools in our district that fits this description has 885 students enrolled in kindergarten through 8th grade, 95% of which are Latino, 60% of whom qualify for free lunches while another 20% to 30% qualify for reduced lunches, my class is very similar. Many of my students are reading well below grade level and giving them time to quietly read for pleasure is not something they have a lot of exposure to. No air conditioning makes it hard to focus/read.

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