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Bethel is one of 34 districts in Washington particularly in the suburban and rural parts of Pierce, Spokane and Yakima counties where the homeless student population more than doubled between 2012 and 2017, according to a canada goose uk shop Seattle Times analysis of state education data. Statewide, the raw count of homeless students climbed nearly 34 percent over the past five years. (Better identification of students without stable housing explains only part of the increase.)
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