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How Connecticut's schools have managed to maintain lunch distribution for kids who need it most during the COVID-19 pandemic

  • Written by Marlene B. Schwartz, Professor of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut
imageWhen they moved instruction online, many schools began distributing grab-and-go lunches.AP Photo/Lynne Sladky

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