Two more schools partner with CIS for backpack program
The backpack program has expanded to two more schools to help provide nutritious food for students when they are not at school.
Southwest and Southwood elementary schools have started the program through Communities in Schools of Lexington/Davidson County.
Fifty students from each of the schools who receive free or reduced-price lunch receive the easy-to-prepare food that assures the students have something to eat during weekends and holidays through CIS. At school, the students are guaranteed food with breakfast and lunch, but school officials wanted to ensure they also had food at home.
Read the rest of the article by The Dispatch’s Deneesha Edwards here.
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