The Champaign County Democrats paid off over $1,240 in school lunch debt for students in three districts, with checks presented to Graham for $502.17, Triad for $490.25 and the rest to Mechanicsburg.

The year-end lunch debt for the 2024-2025 school year in the Concord School District exceeds $100,000. Currently, the school board is working to pay off the debt, as it is due by July.

COLUMBIA — Columbia Public Schools is reaching out to the community about a program that aims to help reduce the $124,000 in student lunch debt that families have accumulated this year.

14-year-old pays off lunch debt at former school, fundraises to eliminate debt at other Missouri schools. DeJuan Strickland doubled his goal raising $400 for McCurdy Elementary.