D.C. Public Schools chancellor Kaya Henderson and other officials met with the D.C. Council this afternoon and presented some disturbing facts. Here's a few of them, courtesy of DCist:

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— 9.7 percent of DCPS eighth graders say they have attempted suicide

— 18.4 percent of middle school students have missed classes because they didn't feel safe traveling to school

— 13.9 percent of middle schoolers were afraid of being beaten up at some point in the last year

— 15 percent of middle schoolers were members of a gang or crew in the last year

— Around 40 percent of ninth graders repeat the grade, with one in three failing algebra