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School division to end countywide Community Eligibility Provision after fund shortfall; board urged to retain contingency funding
Summary
Gloucester County Public Schools will revert from the districtwide Community Eligibility Provision to application‑based meal eligibility after the division concluded the program is financially unsustainable without ongoing board support.
Gloucester County Public Schools told the Board of Supervisors on July 8 it will return from the districtwide Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) to the traditional application‑based meal model because the district’s food service fund reserves are too low to sustain universal free meals.
Superintendent Kevin Vladeck and food service director Lydia (last name on file) told supervisors that CEP — which removed meal charges for all students in participating schools by relying on a formula tied to free‑and‑reduced percentages — left the district with a continuing shortfall because Gloucester’s qualifying percentage (about 40 percent free/reduced) does not generate full federal reimbursement for every meal.…
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