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MSD of Martinsville approves one-year pilot to provide free school lunches for all students
Summary
The MSD of Martinsville School Board voted to implement the USDA Community Eligibility Provision for one year, covering breakfast and lunch for all pre-K–12 students and pausing families’ typical $450,000 annual meal payments while the district evaluates participation and funding formulas.
The MSD of Martinsville School Board voted to implement the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Community Eligibility Provision for one year, providing breakfast and lunch at no cost to all pre-K through 12 students in the district.
Kurt Bodell, food service director for the MSD of Martinsville, told the board that the district’s meal program is self-supporting from USDA reimbursements and payments and that the district sits “right there on that line” to qualify for the provision. “Lunch would be provided at no cost to…
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