Teachers, bus drivers, and cafeteria staff — the people who care for our kids every single day — are quietly visiting their own school's food pantry just to stretch their paycheck.
In this heartfelt conversation with community school resource teacher Lauren Leto, we go inside Brandon High School's community school model and see how one school is feeding students, families, AND the staff who serve them. Lauren shares the stories behind the food pantry and clothing closet — from students FaceTiming their moms while shopping at the pantry for their families, to a student ambassador who built a "How to Belong" presentation for freshmen, to the dozens of students who quietly said they needed food support.
What we learn: hunger isn't always visible. And the schools that listen to their families before assuming what they need are the ones making a real difference in the fight against food insecurity.