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'Children need to eat!': Meet the Maryland kindergarten teacher that spends her off-time feeding the hungry Evan Koslof Replay Video UP NEXT Like thousands of other teachers, Margaret Norris, spends her afternoons in front of the computer screen. She's transformed her kitchen into a teaching hub, equipped with an extra monitor.  "We had to go home and learn how to do Zoom," she said. "And learn how to do everything online."  Ms. Norris teaches a group of kindergarteners, aged five and six years old. She said the kids have become surprisingly effective at navigating the tech...

"They're going to need food," she said. Ms. Norris said she immediately thought of the low-income students who rely on schools for their food. She also worried about the many parents who might be laid off.  "The families that we work with are the first ones fired," she said. "They're the last ones hired. They don't have job security. They don't have healthcare. And so the least we can do is help them put food on the table."  By March 13, the first Friday after schools closed, Ms. Norris was at the grocery store, purchasing food staples for local families. She started giving away bags full o...