4-month struggle ends as Atlanta family's children, including one with Down syndrome, enroll in school after Pulitzer Prize-finalist investigation sparks changes.

4 months after the Associated Press wrote about an Atlanta family struggling to enroll their children in school, all the kids returned to class last month. The youngest child, an 8-year-old girl, had never attended school before, but she was greeted by neighbors who escorted her to the bus stop on her first day. The Pulitzer Prize-finalist investigation sparked changes, and the final child, a student with Down syndrome, started school last Tuesday.

May 06, 2024
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