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Superintendent: district offering free meals through grant; school-of-choice numbers decline
Summary
Superintendent Leasa Griffith-Mathews said a grant requires free breakfast and lunch for all students this year regardless of the state budget; she also reported School of Choice new enrollments fell from 51 last year to 27 this year and noted state and federal budgets remain unsettled ahead of an Oct. 1 deadline.
Superintendent Leasa Griffith-Mathews told the board the district is participating in a grant that requires offering free school breakfast and lunch to all students for the 2025–26 year. "Therefore, we HAVE to offer free meals to students regardless of what the state does with their budget," she said.
Griffith-Mathews also gave several operational updates: she said final touches are being completed this week on the girls’ locker room and that district staff conducted a building walk with Triangle and Tower representatives to create a punch list. She noted both the state and federal governments had not finalized their budgets and referenced an Oct. 1 deadline to avoid a government shutdown. The superintendent reported that new School of Choice enrollments dropped from 51 last year to 27 this year.
