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Residents urge backpack program, expanded civics and updated family resources on district website
Summary
Two residents asked the board to consider a weekend backpack food program for families facing SNAP delays, suggested expanding the civics graduation requirement to a full-year course, and urged the district to update its family resources webpage; Bedford Indivisible offered volunteer help.
Two members of the public used the meeting’s public-comment period to urge the district to expand student supports and update family-facing information.
Cynthia Vincent, who identified herself and gave her address, asked whether the district has a backpack program to discreetly provide food to students over weekends and suggested the board or PTOs consider implementing one. She also questioned whether the district’s current civics…
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