Advance Morning News
It's Monday, September 23, and today's stories include Gaila Sims' tribute to the Rev. Lawrence Davies and his community, and this week's push in Stafford schools to drive down school lunch debt.
Reverend Lawrence Davies: A Singular Figure, a Singular Community
By Gaila Sims
Vice President of Programs and Interpretation at Fredericksburg Area Museum
While Fredericksburg’s “Mayor for Life” has been rightfully honored with numerous testimonials in the weeks since his passing on August 11th, his position within the larger history of Black activism has received less focus.
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Students' Families Struggle to Pay Lunch Costs in Stafford
By Martin Davis
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
That families are stressed financially is well-known. But truly understanding that stress can be harder to quantify.
Stafford County Public Schools, however, can measure that stress with two numbers: 4,000, and $100.
The first number represents the total number of students who are carrying some debt for school lunches. The second number is the average debt each student’s family is carrying. That means that more than 1 in 10 families in Stafford is struggling with paying for their children’s school lunches.
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