Students eat breakfast on the first day of school at Bush Elementary School. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter)
Local students aren’t in class this week, but a dozen elementary school cafeterias will be open and serving free lunch.
Salem-Keizer School District officials provide free meals to students over school breaks to make sure kids who rely on school-provided food don’t go hungry.
Seven in ten Salem-Keizer students are low-income and qualify for free lunch at school.
Anyone 18 or younger can get lunch from noon to 12:30 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday this week. No proof of income or registration is required.
Participating elementary schools:
Bush
Candalaria
Cummings
Englewood
Four Corners
Grant
Hayesville
Kennedy
Richmond
Washington
Wright
Yoshikai
News tip? Contact reporter Rachel Alexander: [email protected] or 503-575-1241.
Rachel Alexander is Salem Reporter’s managing editor. She joined Salem Reporter when it was founded in 2018 and covers city news, education, nonprofits and a little bit of everything else. She’s been a journalist in Oregon and Washington for a decade. Outside of work, she’s a skater and board member with Salem’s Cherry City Roller Derby and can often be found with her nose buried in a book.
