Wilkinsburg extends free meals to suppertime

[yortsed snacilbuper]

Twelve-year-old Aacia Sayyed, far right, leads a line of students getting food in the Wilkinsburg Junior/Senior High School's after school meal program. The school offers a third meal for students every day until 5 p.m.

Diop Jones, 7, takes a tray as he gets ready to eat dinner at Wilkinsburg Junior/Senior High School.

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[blue neen]

1. This is a positive thing for the school district:

“This district, the kids, they need something, just a morale-booster, something the kids can look forward to that’s just for them,” Mr. Bennett said. “They just love to come through and get the meals and socialize. It’s been great for them.”

http://www.post-gazette.com/local/east/2014/10/10/Wilkinsburg-extends-free-meals-to-suppertime/stories/201410100228

I hope this continues to be a success.

Thanks for the story, yortsed.

[littlemissmartypants]

2. Excellent. nt

[merrily]

3. Good to see a school district with its head screwed on correctly.

So...what are the charter schools serving?

[AtomicKitten]

4. that's good news

especially for kids that would otherwise go to bed hungry

[JI7]

5. food looks healthy

[jmowreader]

6. I haz a sad

Our country is so fucked up we have to do this.

[freshwest]

7. Good news. And way past time for this.