Our View: School nutritionists serve up free lunch program
The idea behind universal free lunches has been around for years, but it s getting a closer look due to the pandemic.
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But some local activists would like to change that. Carrie Frank of Dover-Eyota and Brenton Lexvold from Red Wing, both members of the Minnesota School Nutrition Association, are proponents of universal free lunch for students.
The need is evident. For example, more than 33% of students in Olmsted County qualify for the existing free or reduced-price lunch program. In Mower County, it is more than 50%
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EYOTA, Minn. (KTTC) Studies show children learn better when they have full stomachs, and a new effort is underway to make sure they continue to get healthy and free lunches, even after the pandemic.
The dawn of the COVID-19 pandemic brought widespread distance learning for students across the country. For some children, their only meal of the day came from school. With so many children at home, there was a fear some would go hungry.
School nutrition leaders mobilized and transformed the way school meals are administered, offering pre-packaged curbside meals for breakfast, lunch and sometimes, dinner.
The school meals were free because the USDA expanded its National School Lunch and School Breakfast Program. The program was founded in 1946, with the goal of helping schools give free meals to undeprivelaged families.