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District outlines community-school efforts to address food insecurity; plans expansion amid funding uncertainty
Summary
Administrators described community-closet pantry visits, partnerships with Second Harvest and United Way, and plans to expand healthier options and outreach for the 2025–26 school year while flagging federal funding and SNAP changes as risks.
District educational-student-services staff told the board the district is seeing high levels of child food insecurity and is expanding community-school supports to meet needs.
A presenter covering for Miss Easter said national data show about 14.2% of children face food insecurity and that local figures mirror national trends, with roughly one in five children in Erie County experiencing food insecurity. The district highlighted partnerships with the National School Lunch Program, Second…
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