BY LESLIE BRODY AND DAVE SHEINGOLD
The Record
STAFF WRITERS

More New Jersey children are relying on free school lunches because of the recession — even in some comfortable suburbs where people might not realize so many neighbors need help just to eat.

Last year, 20,061 Bergen County students got free and reduced-price lunches, a 17 percent rise in three years.

In Passaic County, 41,176 students depended on them, a 15 percent increase over the same period. Those jumps came even as enrollment held roughly steady.

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