ST. MARTIN PARISH — The St. Martin Parish School Board has opened a new 10,000-square-foot food service warehouse in Breaux Bridge, a facility designed to streamline how nutritious meals reach students across the district each day.

Funded through a $2.3 million federal grant awarded during the coronavirus pandemic, the new hub replaces a much smaller facility in St. Martinville. The upgraded space now serves as a centralized location for storing ingredients and supplies used to prepare scratch-cooked meals for more than 6,500 students in the parish, including those in Lower St. Martin and Stevensville.

“Over here is our new facility as you can see,” said Reginald Hill, area food service manager, while showing the newly constructed warehouse. “It’s actually three times bigger than our old

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