The principal, Christiner Carter-Betts, says that many of the children live in foster homes, or even homeless facilities.

"This is in contrast to 19 of New York's 59 community boards which have no homeless facilities whatsoever."

But when the Town Council approved a homeless facility in their area, they filed petitions to secede and form their own village.

Suppose," the Mayor said, "that it were a homeless facility for 40 or 50 women who were pregnant and not drug addicted.

The Sulzbacher Center is the only comprehensive homeless facility in Jacksonville, Florida where the average stay is two months.

This means that homeless in the St Pete area must either move into the "Safe Harbor" homeless facility or get out of the town.

"Anyone who says the way to run for office is by proposing a homeless facility sees politics much, much differently than I do," he said.

The homeless facility is expected to cost approximately a half million dollars a year.

"This will save money and get children to a point where they can leave a homeless facility and start their lives," she said.

They are checking into homeless facilities at an alarming rate.