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School meals programme cut by $3 million

Government is cutting $3 million in the budget for its free public school meals programme after spending less than expected on the initiative in the first half of the year.

Food for thought: How free meals ‘transformed’ life at one Cayman school

Free school meals at breakfast and lunch, and snacks at break times, are helping to transform the atmosphere at Sir John A. Cumber Primary School.
Manchester United and England footballer Marcus Rashford was awarded an MBE for leading a campaign in the UK to have school meal programmes extended through summer holidays.

Rashford plan could ease child poverty in Cayman

Extending free school meals programmes through the summer holidays could help ease food insecurity for children in Cayman, charity leaders believe.

Meals programme rolls out in public secondary schools

Free school meals will be available for secondary students from Monday, 21 March, the education ministry has announced. The second phase of the public school...

Free public school meal programme launched

A public school programme that ultimately aims to provide free breakfasts, lunches and snacks to all 5,200 public school students, launched last week with the beginning of the new school year.

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