Roseland Elementary Confronts Food Insecurity on First Day of School
This reporting is supported by the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism Impact Fund. The landing page for the project is here.
Other stories in this series include:
Roseland Community Learns Medicinal Herb Use at Bayer Farms
Santa Rosa Hosts Gang Prevention Training for Parents
Violence Prevention Partnership Keeps Kids out of Gangs
Pictured is Roseland Elementary fourth grader Brianna Chavez. She prefers to bring her own lunch to school. Maybe it's because of her cool lunchbox (Photo: Adia White / KRCB)
With the annexation of the Roseland neighborhood by the city of Santa Rosa, one of the things that has not changed is the high rate of students qualifying for free and reduced lunches at school. Nearly 90 percent of students in the district are eligible for this key boost to their health — that’s according to the California Department of Education.
KRCB’s Adia White went to the first day of school at Roseland Elementary and has this report.
Our Roseland Health Project is done in partnership with KBBF, Radio 89.1 FM, Santa Rosa's bilingual community radio station.
[This story was originally published by KRCB. All of the project stories can be found here.]