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More students line up for school breakfast, lunch.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 30-NOV-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: More students line up for school breakfast, lunch.(Education)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Anne Williams The Register-Guard

Given the widespread and escalating economic hardship throughout Oregon and the nation, it's no surprise to see it trickling down to schools.

The most easily quantifiable measure is the number of students signing up for free and reduced-price meals through the National School Lunch program. Though statewide numbers aren't yet available, the number of children receiving subsidized meals in the Eugene district is up 8 percent over this time last year. In Bethel, Fern Ridge, Creswell and Springfield, it's up by at least 10 percent.

"I think the biggest thing we noticed during registration this time was a lot more families moving in together to lower living expenses," said Jim Crist, principal at Springfield's Ridgeview Elementary School, which saw the percentage of students signed up for free or reduced meals swell from 31 percent last October to 43 percent this October.

Cafeteria manager Sharon Gregory said the change has been especially dramatic at breakfast, served before school for 95 cents for kids who pay in full.

"We're way up - we've doubled," she said Wednesday as she and her...

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