NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Just over 5% of the North Little Rock School District's students are homeless, and with food insecurity persisting as a real issue that Arkansas families have been facing the last few years, NLRSD has worked to provide families with a pantry.

The pantry will be a place for families to get items that they need.

Lenaita Hushes is a Wraparound Specialist with North Little Rock School District. She said that the pantry is a place for families to come and get the items the need for their students.

“Some of our families are just really hurting. People are working hard, but they're still not meeting the ends that they need. Some of our students are really suffering. We have a lot of students," she said. "We have homeless students that we try to make sure that when the

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