Nearly 30 million U.S. children count on schools for free or low-cost meals. Most are home now, and school leaders are working hard to make sure they have food to eat.
Nutrition staff, bus drivers, paraprofessionals and volunteers load prepared meals onto school busses on the first day of Franklin Pierce Schools' meal distribution program.Nutrition staff, bus drivers, paraprofessionals and volunteers load prepared meals onto school busses on the first day of Franklin Pierce Schools' meal distribution program.
"This is unprecedented," says Lisa Davis, senior vice president of the No Kid Hungry Campaign."We're making up the playbook as we go along." Katie Wilson agrees. She's executive director for the Urban School Food Alliance and a former deputy undersecretary at the U.S. Department of Agriculture under President Obama.
Franklin Pierce Schools bus driver Karrie Nilles , and nutrition services director Karen Brown look over a list of the district's meal distribution sites.Franklin Pierce Schools bus driver Karrie Nilles , and nutrition services director Karen Brown look over a list of the district's meal distribution sites.
Officials in many districts say they're adapting the playbook they use to feed kids in the summer: grab-and-go meals, handed out at select school sites. These bagged or boxed meals often include lunch as well as breakfast for the following day — think sandwiches and milk, supplemented with lots of nonperishables .Joe Amon/Connecticut Public/NENC
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