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Wakefield-Marenisco superintendent defines 'homeless'

By P.J. GLISSON

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WAKEFIELD — Members of the Wakefield-Marenisco board of education learned at Monday how the district supports students classified as homeless.

According to superintendent Jason Gustafson, the Wakefield-Marenisco K-12 School has 11 such students. He said they fit the definition simply because they live with relatives or friends, rather than with immediate family.

Gustafson said if children were living with parents in the Eddy Park Campground, they also would be classified as homeless, as would kids awaiting foster placement or living in an unsafe house (n...