Student lunch debt wiped clean by holiday angels

Dragon Awards presented for student, teacher, staff; Other awards presented

For only the second time in recent history, the student lunch debt has been cleared to $0, the result of a $17,000 donation from a group of local business owners.

The announcement came at the Thursday, Dec. 11, school board meeting, where Pickens Asst. Superintendent Chris Parker said 56.89 percent of the student population is on free and reduced lunch, but “That means 43 percent aren’t.”…

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