RENSSELAER, N.Y. (NEWS10) — As families get ready to head back to the classroom, one school district is making sure every child has what they need. About 85% of students in the Rensselaer Public School District live below the socioeconomic line. Staff say that can make back to school shopping challenging
A Rensselaer Public School aid, Mary Fitzgerald says,
“The kids can come in. If we have their sizes, they can pick one or two outfits, socks, underwear and shoes, so they have something new to start back to school and you know that they might not otherwise have.”
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Fitzgerald started a clothing drive after the covid-19 pandemic with her sister. This year they had roughly 30 families utilize the resource:…