40-year-old migrant program still meets changing needs

HOOPESTON – The summer migrant education program at Hoopeston schools is housed at David Greer School this summer, back where it started 40 years ago.

Maria Martinez hopes that's not a bad omen. Martinez, who's worked with the federally funded program every year since it began, said participants' numbers have dropped dramatically, but students' needs have changed and grown.

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