Linda Tutt High School in Sanger, Texas opened a grocery store inside its premises.

But instead of paying with money when buying, the store only accepts good deeds as payment, such as cleaning around the school building, as reported by Fox News.

The principal of the school, Anthony Love, said that it is not something that you see every day in a school building.

"I think a big part of it is about empowering our students because many of them come from low socioeconomic families that need just a little extra support with food," Love said in a Fox News report.

The Texas high school is located approximately 60 miles northwest of Dallas. The school partnered with nonprofit organizations to help kids who have been suffering from food insecurity brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The grocery store is accessible for students in the school district from Monday to Wednesday. 

Love said it is a way for students to earn the ability to shop for their families. He explained that through hard work, students could earn points for positive office referrals, and by doing chores or helping to clean the building.

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The school was able to put up the store in an extra room with the help of nonprofit First Refuge Ministries, Albertsons grocery store, and Texas Health Resources. 

Love noted that he was approached by Dr. Ann Hughes, the director of student intervention for Sanger Independent School District, and Paul Juarez, executive director of First Refuge Ministries, about a grant that they wanted to apply for through Texas Health Resources for possibly putting a grocery store inside a school.

The principal added that he sees the grocery store as an educational tool, among other things. Love said that he thinks the most significant part is teaching kids job skills.

He added that the kids could carry these with them as they graduate from school.

"Students are really the key piece to it," Love said in a Fox News report. 

According to Love, the store is run entirely by students, who do everything from managing the point system to stocking shelves and keeping tracking of inventory. 

COVID-19 Cases in Texas

Texas is suffering with the effects brought by the COVID-19 pandemic. El Paso morgue is experiencing a surge in the number of people drying from COVID-19.

With this, inmates from the county's detention facility are being brought in to assist with the overflow of bodies awaiting autopsy. However, the work these inmates do in the community is usually unpaid.

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Chris Acosta, a spokesperson for the El Paso County Sheriff's Office, said inmates refused to work unless they are compensated, as reported by the Texas Tribune.

Acosta noted that the inmates are making $2 per hour. She said she could not speak the scope of the exact nature of work the inmates are doing at the morgues. But Acosta said the inmates are given personal protective equipment and are required to wear it.

The number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients have spiked fast in West Texas since the start of September.

El Paso County recorded a total of 45 new deaths on Thursday and Friday due to COVID-19. Nearly 1,105 people were hospitalized, which includes 319 intensive care based on the latest statistics provided by the city.

A state appeals court has rejected last Friday El Paso County's plan to close down nonessential businesses. The county's shutdown of nonessential businesses was supposed to last until Dec. 1.