New York City bureaucrats won’t let Rosa Bracero graduate from high school because her family is homeless.
The Daily News reported Thursday that Bracero missed her Regents exam two weeks ago because her family was being evicted that day and the city’s intake center requires every family member to show up for to apply for shelter. Bracero took a makeup exam, but the state won’t validate the results.
Now, after the Daily News reported on Bracero’s plight, the Coalition for the Homeless in New York City has launched a campaign to force the city to allow Bracero to graduate, blasting an email to its list of more than 17,000 people.
“We understand that rules are in place to prevent kids from cheating, but these are extraordinary circumstances,” said coalition director Mary Brosnahan in an interview with the Huffington Post. Bracero’s situation “sheds light on the human drama that goes on behind the numbers.” Read the rest…
