CNMI public school students to get free meals

2:07 pm on 13 August 2018

All students at public schools in the Northern Marianas are to get free meals starting this school year.

Students away from a classroom, which is filled with empty school desks.

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Previously, only students from low-income households were entitled to the free breakfasts and lunches.

Aside from breakfast and lunch, public elementary and middle school students also get an after-school snack three days a week.

The meals are paid for by a grant from the US Department of Agriculture.