Posted on September 8, 2017 by Ben Chapman in New York Daily News New York Daily News, By Ben Chapman The city will bus a record number of homeless students from shelters to public schools this year in an effort to get more kids to class. City officials said the 5,161 homeless students being taken to school in buses represent a nearly 77% increase over last year, when the city bused 2,920. The spike comes in the midst of a citywide surge in student homelessness.