Most kids don’t look forward to going back to school, but one western Massachusetts city tries to make it festive.
The Springfield Public Schools and food services company Sodexo will host the annual back to school barbecue Saturday at Blunt Park. Its free and open to the city’s public school students, staff and their families.
Superintendent of Schools Dan Warwick said in addition to food, music and games 6,000 backpacks with school supplies will be given away and 40,000 brand new books distributed.
"That is going to help because our kids need books in their homes and a lot of poor families don't have that advantage," said Warwick.
The book-give-away is being organized by the union that represents paraprofessionals in the schools.
