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From http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2009/08/genesee_twp_foreign_exchange.html

Economy impacting foreign exchange student placements, says STS Foundation area representative Rodney Kelsey
by Jean Johnson
August 16, 2009

Foreign exchange students looking for placement with area families are getting their first lesson about the American economy -- it stinks.

Rodney Kelsey -- an area representative for 35 years with the STS Foundation, an organization that places area exchange students -- said the dour economy is making it difficult to place foreign students with local host families. Only five students have been placed so far; in a typical year 13 teens would have homes by now.

Read the full article at http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2009/08/genesee_twp_foreign_exchange.html
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