After reading an article in the Sun Journal Aug. 3 about how Auburn is offering free breakfast and lunches, I wondered why was Walton School picked to be the only serving site.

Wouldn’t it make more sense to have a site where the need for that service is greatest? Take the Turner Street area. There are two low-income projects in that area, one is very large. Between the two, there would be more than 100 children in need of that service. There are many more children in that area who could walk to a site. Walton, on the other hand, has mainly single-family houses within walking distance.

The Stevens Mills area is another with a low-income housing project and also a trailer park.

There is housing project on Broad Street that is the closest to Walton, but it still isn’t within walking distance for small children.

If the idea was to feed children with needs, I don’t think Walton School was the right choice. I know there is no way all the needy children would be able to get to feeding sites by walking, but I think other areas would better fit the situation.

The article said if the program worked, there may be more sites next year. It makes me wonder if that is the reason why Walton was picked – so officials could say there wasn’t enough interest to offer the program again next year.

Marilyn Aston, Litchfield