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Covering Coronavirus: Athens, Ohio

Covering Coronavirus: Athens, Ohio

As schools close to help stem the spread of COVID-19, what happens to kids who rely on school meals to eat?

The FRONTLINE Dispatch

April 2, 202016m 49s

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As schools close to help stem the spread of COVID-19, what happens to kids who rely on school meals to eat? FRONTLINE producer Jezza Neumann reports from Athens, Ohio — where school buses are now delivering meals to students in need. And, as Jezza discovered, some teachers are personally taking meals to those in areas too remote for buses to reach. “Everybody just wants these kids to be fed,” Jezza says. But he’s finding that with each passing week, the coronavirus heightens food scarcity — and the children he speaks with are acutely aware of the risk of hunger that lies before them.