Teachers and staff members who participate describe several benefits from the program, which pays for them to eat with their students. They say the connections they build with their students make classroom management easier; help give valuable context to better meet their students where they’re at; and offers social safety.
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Senate President Matt Regier claims a $126.2 million supplemental for schools was indicative of a “sloppy” legislative process — a suggestion that has drawn pushback from other legislators and education advocates
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