Special-education students at Tooele High School in northwest Utah who rely on weekly bake sales to pay for field trips and supplies may have to go without.

Mignon Fogarty thought she’d arrived at the podcasting scene too late. It was 2006, and as a science and technical writer, she was trying to promote a science podcast she hosted, without much success.

Students help themselves to fruit and vegetables at the salad bar at Hillcrest Elementary School in Lake Stevens earlier this month. Kitchen staff at Hillcrest slice cucumbers and red bell peppers.