Poverty in New York

After doing some research about poverty its come to my attention that 1 in 5 people living in New York are living in poverty. There are six grades being taught in our school, with an average of three hundred students in each grade. Three hundred multiplied by six is 1,800. 1,800 divided by five is 360. So in comparison to the poverty in New York, if our students represented people living in poverty there would be 360 students which is more than an entire grade. Imagine the entire senior class living in poverty... There wouldn't be a prom. We wouldn't all have cars to drive to school everyday, most of us might now eat lunch. None of us would go to half priced apps at Applebee's on friday nights. Many of us wouldn't be able to play sports because we don't have money for equipment, and many of us wouldn't be going to college. Think about that. On Long Island last year it was estimated that about 900,000 people were living in poverty. Thats like our school population multiplied by 800. Can you imagine 800 schools of just children in poverty? 1,500,000 is the population of suffolk county, now imagine more than half of suffolk's population living in poverty. Long Island is the 6th richest-populated island in the world and its so filled with poverty. Thats intense to think about. I looked up and was surprised to find that the biggest population of poverty was found in Riverhead, which is literally only 10 minutes away from Manorville. Freeport is a close follow to Riverhead and has the highest crime rate on the Island. Not surprising, but I researched Manorville and was pleased to find it is one of the top 50 safest towns in America with very little crime rate. We may be fortunate but some in our district are still facing difficulties and I feel like its our job as a community to help them out.