With the start of the school year, California became the first state in the country to implement a statewide Universal Meals Program, providing free breakfast and lunch for all children every school day.
In the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, schools scrambled to pivot their nutrition programs into flexible, remote meal services that could reach children who were sheltering at home but
Parent volunteers have organized and taste-tested Los Altos’ school lunches for decades, working with local vendors, setting up lunch tables and getting meal trays in hands for a network of