By Ryan McCarthy

Homeless youth are accurately counted, the Fairfield-Suisun School District says in a draft response to the 2016-17 Solano County Grand Jury Report that stated the number of homeless students in the district nearly doubled in one year when almost 500 more youths were identified.

School district trustees meeting Thursday take up the draft response by Superintendent Kris Corey.

The grand jury, in its report released June 16, said school districts in the county presented conflicting statistics in reporting the number of homeless youth and recommended all data be verifiable.

Source: School district says doubled homeless youth count in grand jury report is correct