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Stories related to: school lunch

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A Year At Encina

It’s Not Always About The Meal

June 27, 2017 | Marnette Federis

Encina High School’s Cafeteria Supervisor Deborah Luman doesn’t just dole out breakfast and lunch to students. Sometimes, she also gives out advice and hugs.

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Elementary Students Won't Get Different Lunch For Unpaid Fees

May 10, 2017

Nevada's Washoe County School District decided Tuesday not punish students with overdue lunch accounts by feeding them different meals.

Schools Will Soon Have To Put In Writing If They 'Lunch Shame'

April 17, 2017

Advocates hope the recent law out of N.M., banning school staff from shaming kids for not having lunch money, helps to shape policies the USDA is requiring school districts write by July 1.

Food and Sustainability

Proposal Would Bar Calif. Schools From Withholding Lunch When Fees Are Unpaid

March 3, 2017 | Daniel Potter

Students in California shouldn’t have to go hungry if their parents haven’t paid their school lunch bills. That’s the idea behind a proposal in the state legislature by Van Nuys Democratic Sen. Bob Hertzberg.

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State Education Officials Look To Public Libraries To Serve Summer Lunches

June 24, 2016

State education officials are rethinking how they can get food to needy kids when school lets out.

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Robla To Expand School Meal Program

April 26, 2016 | Steve Milne

Kids in one of Sacramento's poorest areas will soon be getting three meals a day at school.

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Food and Sustainability

Nevada Senate Passes Bill To Expand School Breakfast

May 1, 2015

(AP) - Nevada senators have passed a bill that would require more schools to serve breakfast to low-income students.

Health Care

Millions of Eligible California Kids Missing Out on Free Summer Meals

July 23, 2014

There are many children in California who can get free summer meals, but not many know about it.

 
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