About 12 percent of Marshall County’s children live at or below the federal poverty level. For a family of four, that means an income of $27,750. About 2 percent of children here live in extreme poverty, far below the federal level. Marysville school district’s teachers and other staff spent a morning learning a little about what that’s like recently during a poverty simulation conducted at a workshop in the Marysville Junior High gym. The educators, who took on the roles of young mothers, elder grandparents, teen-aged fathers, and other caregivers, spent a few hours trying to figure it all out and finding a way to get by. Those interviewed afterward found the experience helpful.
Source: The Marysville Advocate
