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For families who continue to struggle with food insecurity within Chatham County, America’s Second Harvest and the Savannah-Chatham County Schools have joined forces to have fully stocked food pantries at local schools.
The pilot program was unveiled Tuesday at Andrea B. Williams Elementary, and the goal is to eventually have food pantries at all 55 school sites. Food pantries are currently being set up at 23 schools.
The idea for establishing these food pantries at the schools was sparked by conversations between Ann Levett, district superintendent, and Mary Jane Crouch, executive director of America’s Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia.
“Doing it in partnership with Second Harvest makes it really smart because Second Harvest has a strong reputation for being across the district,” Levett said. “Now, we re bringing those resources to the schools.”
SCCPSS, America s Second Harvest partnering up to bring food to families wtoc.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wtoc.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Correction: The quote in the third paragraph was incorrectly attributed. The quote was made by Dionne Hoskins-Brown and has been corrected below.]
The Savannah-Chatham County School Board voted at its regular meeting Wednesday to implement a three-day/two-day amended hybrid model to return students to the classroom during this current semester. The resolution passed 7-2-0 with the no votes coming from Tonia Howard-Hall, District 8 representative, and David Bringman, District 6 representative.
No date was determined for returning the students to the classroom. Students will remain in virtual learning for now.
During the initial discussion after the resolution was read, District 2 representative Dionne Hoskins-Brown said, I am not able to support it in its current form (because) it removes the metric of when to close and when to reopen a school.