One by one, the pieces came together. Fresh pita bread, a vegetable medley, chicken spiced in a special “Como Street Blend” – all packed into kid-friendly kits, with nods to culture and community, for delivery to St. Paul schools.
This year, St. Paul Public Schools is one of 19 districts and charter schools in Minnesota to win approval to distribute take-home packages of food to students fasting during Ramadan.
The programs are a first for the state’s school districts. But the work is familiar to nutrition center employees in St. Paul. During the pandemic, they assembled as many as 6,000 boxes of food daily. Still, there is pressure…