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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Central Valley favourite Me-N-Ed's says it is arrogant to beryllium portion of the reward for pupil accomplishment astatine Fresno Unified, following the revelation that the schoolhouse territory paid implicit $400,000 to the pizzeria successful 2024.
Purchase orders approved by Fresno Unified's Board of Education amusement that $526,326.52 was approved by trustees for the schoolhouse territory to walk astatine Me-N-Ed’s successful 2024. In a connection to YourCentralValley.com, Fresno Unified says the existent magnitude paid to Me-N-Ed’s successful 2024 was $402,977.39.
Fresno Unified, which manages 106 schools and serves 74,000 students, detailed however the wealth was spent crossed its sites, adding that "food is often utilized to enactment nonrecreational learning and grooming efforts."
In a follow-up statement, Me-N-Ed's Pizzeria said it was arrogant to person been a trusted assemblage spouse to the Fresno Unified School District, describing the schoolhouse programs it offers arsenic much than conscionable pizza, but creating "moments of designation that motivate students and lend to a affirmative schoolhouse culture."
Me-n-Ed’s is honored to beryllium a portion of our schools' occurrence stories and we stay committed to
these meaningful programs.
"We judge successful the powerfulness of affirmative reinforcement, the value of assemblage partnership,
and the interaction that a elemental portion of pizza tin person successful recognizing hard work," wrote Me-N-Ed's successful a connection to YourCentralValley.com.
Me-N-Ed's pizza is not lone a fashionable prime successful the Central Valley; Michael J. Fox has previously expressed his ain affection for the section favorite.
