Kathryn Scott, Special to The Denver Post
Bus drivers Charlotte Cooper, left, and Christie O’Hayre help to load the food onto the bus for distribution to families in need in Arvada on May 5, 2020. The meals were prepared and bagged by food service staff at Tennyson Knolls Elementary School for their students, who were still out of school because of the pandemic. Colorado has paid the parents of 306,000 low-income kids an estimated $300 million this summer to make up for meals children did not receive at school during times of remote learning last school year.