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New community schools coordinator highlights food‑pantry work at Elizabethtown Middle
Summary
Anastasia Chapman, introduced as Elizabethtown Middle School's community schools coordinator, described building a school food pantry and partnerships with NC Food Bank and StudentU to support students and families.
The board heard an update on the district's community schools model and the introduction of Anastasia Chapman as Elizabethtown Middle School's new community schools coordinator.
Ellie Johnson introduced Chapman and described the community schools model as a way to align school, family and community resources so students arrive ready to learn. Chapman, who said she has more than a decade of nonprofit experience and has been in the coordinator role a little over a month, described immediate work establishing a school food pantry and outreach events.
Chapman said daily pantry demand ranges from about four students on a normal day to up to 15 before a weekend, and she recounted distributing more than 100 items at one distribution before a winter storm. "We have some donations coming in," Chapman said, and she described partnerships with the NC Food Bank to run pop‑up markets and with community members providing pallets of food.
Superintendent and other staff praised the model and noted the district was part of a regional community‑schools award; staff said StudentU is helping fund Chapman's salary and expects expansion within the Sandhills region.
Chapman said future work will include a summer program and parent‑education initiatives; she invited community groups, churches and businesses to connect and help, saying "there is not such a thing as a small donation."
