Schools serve more than 20 million free lunches every day. If they close, where will children eat?

Between job losses and school closures, the coronavirus pandemic could create a child hunger crisis.

. Before the wave of closures, schools served free lunches to more than 20 million students who qualified for free meals. Feeding children has become part of the central mission of public schools, even when class is out of session, with many opening cafeterias during the summertime and extended weather closures.

The pandemic has created unprecedented challenges for schools. School systems can no longer open cafeterias to serve meals, because it would bring students and staff in close contact and increase the risk of spreading infection. Everyone is being encouraged to stay home. If the closures stretch on, Shelly said cafeteria workers will start delivering meals directly to neighborhoods in a school bus the district transformed into a food truck.

An 18-year-old high school senior at Forest Park High in Baltimore, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive matter, said he is often left to fend for himself when it comes to meals because his mother works only a couple of days a week and rarely buys groceries. He leans heavily on the school and after-school activities for food. He said he has even stolen food from the lockers of his classmates — something he said he is not proud of.

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