Denton ISD Our Impact In Your Community Magazine Spring 2018 | Page 8

When Officer Cose picked his seat in the Wilson
Elementary Cafeteria, the table quickly filled with
excited kids.
District Launches
“A Hero’s Helping”
Story and Photos by Julie Zwahr
Open free lunch invitation for all vets, emergency personnel on any day
First responders might need to practice opening
string cheese or up their awareness
of the latest fad in on-line gaming,
so they can ‘blend in’ at their local
school’s cafeteria table. Grabbing
lunch at their neighborhood school
just got a lot more entertaining and
fun all because of a new idea to
strengthen relationships
with students.
“A Hero’s Helping” provides opportunities for
students and staff to build positive relationships
as well as provide an extra sense of security by
inviting law enforcement, firefighters, veterans
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and service personnel to lunch in one of the
district’s 41 campus cafeterias on any
day, for free.
“We enjoy a strong relationship with local
law enforcement through our school
resource officers, we want to expand
that to other officers, fire fighters,
paramedics and even veterans who
might not be as familiar with our students,” said
Jamie Wilson, superintendent of schools. “Providing
them lunch is the least we can do.”
Personnel who are on-duty and stop by for lunch
are encouraged to park in the front drive and
maintain a very visible presence while on campus.