schools are due to be open again in baltimore, that announcement coming late today. today, though baltimore schools were closed. the kids had to go somewhere. neighborhood libraries opened today. the mrg of this site said the sight of neighborhood kids streaming back into that library when they opened seeing the kids come back today, quote, made my heart melt. the library is a safe place. there are 85,000 kids in baltimore public schools. 84% of them qualifying for free lunch or reduced cost lunch. what that means in practical terms is that no school equals no lunch for school-aged kids. today, baltimore stepped up on that front, too. restaurants, community centers and churches offered free lunch for school kids. you can see the organizing on