Inflation Has Schools Scrambling To Afford Student Meals arizonadailyindependent.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from arizonadailyindependent.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A pandemic-era program that greatly expanded access to school lunches won a last-minute extension through the summer, "fantastic" news for the tens of thousands of Arizona kids who have relied on those meals, advocates said.
Hungry Holidays: Break From School Means Break From Meals For Some Kids arizonadailyindependent.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from arizonadailyindependent.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Holidays bring a break from schoolwork for students, but for more than a half-million Arizona children they can also mean a break from their only reliable source of a nutritious meal - the subsidized school meal.