From left, Shaw Elementary School intermediate students Eneida Aponte (red shirt), Carmen DeLeon, Brandy Allen, and Rikalia Wynn, share a laugh during lunch on February 11, 2003. With more than 90 percent of the students on free or reduced lunch, Carmen and her brother Josh are some of few students who can bring their own lunch to school.

[Times photo: Toni L. Sandys]