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MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) is offering a new way for unhoused students to get to and from school – more than one year after securing its vehicles.

For months, 20 hybrid vans sat in the district’s parking lot, unused, but at the start of this school year – it’s been a way to help get kids inside the classroom. Currently half of the vehicles are in use, with each van picking up around seven to 12 kids every morning. The district says the rest of the vans will be implemented on school routes in the coming months.

“The most difficult and

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