Ranks of homeless Chicago Public School students soar

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:

The number of homeless Chicago Public Schools students has skyrocketed in the last six years, jumping from 3,500 in 2000 to 10,500 this year.

In the last year alone, the number jumped 17 percent, from about 9,000.

"I see looks of despair, anger -- why did my parent do this to me?" said Carol Lang, principal at Uptown's McCutcheon Elementary, where 79 of the school's 400 students were homeless last year. "They're facing adult problems, and they're kids. We want to be a safe haven."

Chicago's homeless numbers top even New York City's and Los Angeles'.

Another great Chicago success story.I guess gentrification isn't happening everywhere in Chicago.