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Board urges families to apply for meal benefits as state funding for free school meals runs through Sept. 30
Summary
Superintendent Adam Bowen and Vice President Denise Churchill warned that the state-funded free school meals program is funded only through Sept. 30 pending the state budget and urged families to apply for free and reduced-price meals and to contact state representatives.
Superintendent Adam Bowen and Board Vice President Denise Churchill highlighted concern that the state’s free school meal program is funded only through Sept. 30 pending enactment of the state budget. Bowen told the board the district currently spends about $200,000 on food alone.
Bowen and Churchill encouraged families to apply for free and reduced-price meals and to "contact state representatives to advocate for continuation of the program." They emphasized the program’s importance to students and families and urged community outreach to state lawmakers while funding is uncertain.
