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North Marion reports big jump in school-meal participation; federal CEP now expected to reimburse 100%
Summary
District food-services director Laurie Gamboa reported a 25% year-over-year increase in participation and said ODE notified the district it will receive the additional CEP incentive reimbursements that bring the program to 100% reimbursement; more than $10,000 in family refunds have been issued.
Laurie Gamboa, the district’s director of food services, told the board that meal participation has increased substantially since the district adopted the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), with roughly 71% of students now eating on campus — a 25% increase over last year.
Gamboa said the district is serving an average of about 1,100 lunches per day and reported that the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) has notified the district it will issue…
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