Public schools across New York state are hoping to save the free breakfast and lunch programs for their students. During the pandemic, there was funding available to make sure that students were fed both breakfast and lunch each day for free. Now the program is in jeopardy.
When life gives you lemons you're supposed to make lemonade. What happens when life gives you a school lunch barely big enough for a bird? You make changes for better options. That's what one Upstate New York father of four is doing.
Kids at a Utah Elementary School received quite a shock this week during lunch, when school officials tossed their lunches in the garbage. The reason? Their parents hadn't paid the school, so the kids had negative balances for their lunch accounts.