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High school football player barred from team because of homelessness
5 monthes ago - By WLWT
A youth shelter has offered the 18-year-old a place to live after learning about his story.
Read more ...Homeless DC student with an offer to play college football is offered a place to live after his high school team banned him over residency rules
5 monthes ago - By Business Insider
Covenant House Greater Washington has given Jamal Speaks, an 18-year-old senior at Ballou-STAY Opportunity Academy, a place to live for the rest of the 2018-2019 school year.
On Saturday night, Speaks was pulled from his team's game because the Ballou Principal Willie Jackson had "lingering residency concerns" over where Speaks was living.
Speaks, whose father is dead, had been living on friends' couches, and his mother's role in his life remains unclear.
Covenant House International has offered a homeless Washington, DC, student with an offer to play college football a place to live after...
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