Schools across Minnesota are enrolling hundreds of new students who have arrived with a recent wave of Latin American migrants, prompting a midyear scramble by district leaders to make sure they can offer the language and support services the young newcomers need. The students’ arrival has boosted enrollment numbers in public schools, which get funding on a per-pupil basis. But it has also stretched resources in districts that need to hire more Spanish-speaking educators while facing multimillion-dollar budget cuts. Many of the students are living in homeless shelters, hotels or in small apartments they share with two or three other families. Some have missed months or years of schooling in their home country, and many carry intense trauma from the violence they fled and their difficult journeys to the United States. Read more at the link in our bio. Reporting by Mara Klecker. Photo by @lizrflores #minnesota #minneapolis