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Skamania School District to provide free breakfast and lunches for four years, superintendent says
Summary
Superintendent Milt Dennison told the board that the district will receive free breakfasts and lunches for the next four years; the board also heard that a submitted modernization grant decision is likely not to be known until spring and that enrollment has increased significantly.
Superintendent Milt Dennison told the Skamania School District board on Aug. 19 that the district will receive free breakfasts and lunches for the next four years.
Dennison said the district submitted a modernization grant application but does not expect an award decision until spring; he also reported that student enrollment "has increased significantly" and described a staffing arrangement in which a paraeducator will share halftime between the first-and-second-grade classroom and the transitional kindergarten/kindergarten classroom.
The announcement means the district's meal program will be covered for multiple school years, reducing the need for meal charges at school while the district awaits the modernization grant outcome. The board did not take a separate vote on the nutrition program during the meeting.
