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MASSENA â A survey is underway in the Massena Central School District to get more information from families about their participation in the school meal program.
The survey is being done as part of a Nutrition Hubs grant received by the district. Among the districtâs objectives are to improve the school lunch program and increase student participation in the school meal program by 25% by November, and they need feedback from district parents and guardians to help with the effort.
âThe big goal for the school will be to increase participation in the USDA lunch program the rest of this year and also increase our participation in our free and reduced lunch program for next year,â Community Schools Director Kristin Colarusso-Martin told Board of Education members in January.
MASSENA — A survey is underway in the Massena Central School District to get more information from families about their participation in the school meal program.
MASSENA â The paperwork is set to go and waiting for approval to make J.W. Leary Junior High School an official food pantry.
âI think we have a great plan, and pending board (of education) approval, our application is ready to go. (Principal Amanda Zullo) and her team at the junior high and I have really been having a great time at brainstorming this,â Community Schools Director Kristin Colarusso-Martin said.
She said some high school students were coming to school hungry, but there was no after-school snack program available.
âWe canât have the after-school snack program this year because we canât have after-school programming thanks to COVID,â Ms. Colarusso-Martin said.
MASSENA — The Massena Central School District has received a $50,000 grant from the No Kid Hungry organization, allowing them to become a food hub and help them address food