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OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma City Public Schools is exploring the possibility of adding dinner to the meal options for high school students, many of whom participate in after-school activities on an empty stomach.

Grab-and-Go Suppers would be offered to all high school students free of charge if a pilot program proves successful, Chief of Capital Projects and IT Scott Randall told school board members Monday night.

Randall said the proposed program is just one of the ways the district is trying to meet the nutritional needs of underprivileged students who may already eat breakfast or lunch for free or pay a reduced price.

"They may have lunch at 11 o'clock in the morning and they may be staying at school until 6 or 7," he said. "We want to make sure that during that time period that we're filling those nutritional needs, that we fill that gap so that they don't go eight hours (without eating) where they may be very active."