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Plenty of New Jersey school districts have been offering free meals to families during the coronavirus pandemic, but a new report suggests many kids aren t actually getting their hands on this food. According to data from the Food Research & Action Center, the number of free and low-cost school lunches served to New Jersey children, as well as the number of children served, plummeted 51% from April 2019 to April 2020. Breakfast participation dropped 36% during that time frame. We definitely expected the number of meals and kids served would go down, but not that much that s a huge drop, said Nancy Parello, communications director for Hunger Free New Jersey. ....