“What I’m working on like making sure students have access to food, clean clothing, and streetlights may not look like what I’m working on,” Catherine Gilmore told me over a phone call. Gilmore has worked as an educator in Hillsborough County, Florida, for 13 years, and has spent the last six years at Gibsonton Elementary School where […]
How a Florida school improved test scores with a simple but powerful community approach woman standing writing on black chalkboard What I m working onâlike making sure students have access to food, clean clothing, and streetlightsâmay not look like what I m working on, Catherine Gilmore told me over a phone call. Gilmore has worked as an educator in Hillsborough County, Florida, for 13 years, and has spent the last six years at Gibsonton Elementary School where she was in the classroom for four years prior to spending the last two years as the community schools coordinator there. During our phone call, she explained to me how her school has addressed its low scores on the state s school performance report card. And it seems to be working.
Full Circle: The everyday heroes fighting child hunger
Full Circle: The everyday heroes fighting child hunger
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TAMPA, Fla. â In this Full Circle report, we take you behind the food lines and into the classrooms and non-profits helping lead the charge against child hunger.
According to statistics provided by Feeding Tampa Bay, one in four children is food insecure. That adds up to hundreds of thousands of kids in our area that go without food or lack proper nutrition.
ABC Action News reporter Michael Paluska interviewed a dozen people for this report; from kids to parents, volunteers to educators, and the leaders of local non-profits. We saw first-hand how they, not only feed hungry kids; but give them enrichment, mentorship, and the confidence to become successful adults.
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image captionJenni Parkinson with partner Ric Ventura and baby Summer
A street that has been experiencing a lockdown baby boom with six women who are pregnant at the same time has welcomed its first new arrival.
Jenni Parkinson, from Bristol, gave birth earlier to daughter Summer.
The women all lived on the same side of Clouds Hill Avenue in St George, when they discovered they were pregnant.
One mother-to-be joked there must be something in the water , while another said the road would be like a little festival when the babies were born.
Ms Parkinson s due date of 1 February was the earliest of the group, and she gave birth to Summer at Cossham Birth Centre in Bristol.