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May
16

Reminder to parents regarding cafeteria balances

The end of school is drawing near and we would like to remind parents to please make sure that all of your outstanding cafeteria balances are taken care of on or before May 31, 2013.

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Sep
5

PCSSD receives 100,000 meals to share with hungry children

Six pallets of non-perishable food were delivered to the Pulaski County School District warehouse yesterday to be distributed to the district’s hungry children.

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Sep
4

Fighting child hunger

You know that gnawing feeling when you’re hungry or miss a meal imagine that every day as a five year old in kindergarten or a teenager in high school. This is reality for one in four children in Arkansas.

There are signs of child hunger.

“They’ll take food from other students’ trays, ask for their lunches, they might hide or store away food, ” says Stacy Donaghy , Crystal Hill Elementary Principal.

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Aug
27

Teachers say hungry students need food to focus

SHERWOOD, Ark. (KTHV) — According to a recent survey by “Share Our Strength,” three out of five teachers nationwide see students every day in their classroom who suffer from hunger.

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