Santa Rosa County Schools had a record number of more than 1,600 homeless students during the 2011-12 school year.
The number of students defined as homeless increased 13 percent from the 2010-11 school year, and school administration is looking for programs and funding to give these students a chance to overcome the obstacles that are ahead of them.
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