Wrangell students eating fewer school lunches

School lunches were the main topic of conversation at the Oct. 9 school board meeting.

Documents provided by the school meals program show the school provided 2,623 meals in September, down 1,182 meals from the same month last year. The figure represents a decrease of 31 percent. District figures show students ate 443 fewer breakfasts this year than last year, and 739 fewer lunches.

The decline in meals is also attributable in part to declining enrollment. Fewer students mean fewer lunches and breakfasts. As evidence, they pointed out that the number of free lunches offered to students from lo...