Larissa KurzRegina Leader-PostA fresh partnership between Regina Public Schools and the Regina Food Bank means 19 public elementary schools in the city will have access to expanded in-school food programs. This fills that need,” said Regina Public Schools director of education Mark Haarmann on Wednesday after the partnership was announced. Haarmann said those dollars will be maximized by engaging the Regina Food Bank to help deliver breakfast, lunch and snack programs alongside division nutritionists, Regina Food for Learning, REACH and other non-profit partners. According to the Regina Food Bank, 35 per cent of children in Saskatchewan live in food-insecure households — above the national average of 32.9 per cent. “We want to make this available as broadly and deeply as possible, and the Regina Food Bank partnership really lets us do that.”lkurz@postmedia.com