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Daily Report: Health and Welfare, K–12

Schools offer free summer meals, but few kids eat them

July 25, 2012, 12:05 AM
At lunchtime at Cambridge Elementary School, you'd never know that the last day of school was more than a month ago. For one month this summer, Monday through Friday, more than 300 kids packed the Concord school's cafeteria for free lunches. Most of the kids gobbling up cheese pizza,... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Bill would ensure free meals for needy charter school students

March 28, 2012, 12:05 AM
At the Blue Oak School in Chico, where 60 percent of the charter school's student body comes from low-income households, it’s a source of school pride that the soft tacos and chicken pot pies served at lunch are made from organic and locally sourced ingredients.  The meals are... + read more
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