Summer meals program takes food to students

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May 31, 2016 - 12:00 AM

Much like the rest of the state, USD 257 has struggled in years past to attract children to its summer meals program.

In fact, the state ranks 50th in the country in summer meals participation, noted Kathy Koehn, USD 257’s nutrition and wellness coordinator.

“We just need to reach more kids,” she said.

A number of incentives introduced in 2015 helped, “but there was still a significant population we weren’t reaching,” she said, particularly students living outside Iola, or too far to safely walk to meal sites.

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