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Erie district expands school-based food supports as community partners face funding cuts
Summary
District staff reported rising student need for food assistance and described school-based 'community closets' and pantry partnerships; Erie High recorded 1,576 visits to its community closet between September 2024 and June 2025, and administrators said they will expand healthy food options amid federal and local funding uncertainty.
The district’s educational student-services team told the board that food insecurity among students remains a pressing need and that school-based supports have been expanded to respond.
A district staff member covering for Megan Easter said the most recent U.S. Department of Agriculture figures show about "14.2 percent of children in The United States facing food insecurity. That's 1 in 5 students." They said local figures are similar and that school-based responses include offering all students free meals through the National School…
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