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Each Friday I compile a list that highlights five things you probably missed in the news that week and why you should care about them.
Here's your list for the week of April 10:
1. Lunch lady fired for giving away free food
Debbie Solsman, a cafeteria worker in the Wilmington City School District in Ohio since 2003, was fired in February for giving away free food and providing food without payment to her grandchildren, according to a local report. Solsman said students would come up to her after eating school lunch saying they were still hungry, so she would give them extra food without charging them. Solsman said if she didn't have money to cover the cost of the extra food, she would write an IOU and pay it back out of her next paycheck. Solsman said if she were to get another job in a district cafeteria she would continue to provide them free food if they were hungry.
Read more: Wilmington elementary school lunch lady fired for giving out free food
2. Advocacy group sues California districts over sausage served in schools
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine has filed two lawsuits against the Poway and Los Angeles school districts, saying that by serving cured and otherwise modified sources of animal protein (think hot dogs, bacon, sausage and bologna), the schools are...