Sentences with phrase «for subsidized meals»

For example, in district W, only 6 percent of third graders had experienced a maltreatment investigation despite the fact that over 75 percent of children in the district are eligible for subsidized meals.

«I really try to be very understanding because I really want to get a nutritious lunch or breakfast in these kids,» said Osborn, adding that about 16 percent of her district's 3,500 students qualify for subsidized meals.

When she is describing all of the barriers she faces, keep in mind that she is not trying to be a naysayer; the challenges she faces, including the often ridiculous regulations, the criminally low federal reimbursement for subsidized meals, the high cost of food, labor, utilities, and every other expense, are all very real.

Third, by eliminating the paid meal equity provision, the House Republicans» bill does exactly what it falsely accuses CEP of doing — it puts taxpayers on the hook for subsidizing meals for children from well - off families at the expense of children from lesser means.

Specifically, we compared children with complaints for maltreatment to peers who (a) were the same race, gender and birth year, (b) had the same income level as measured by eligibility for subsidized meals, (c) lived in the same neighborhood, and (d) attended the same elementary school.

In one of the city's toughest neighborhoods, where nine in 10 students are poor enough for subsidized meals, Harrity was among the city's lowest performing.

Better measures of economic disadvantage can help us better understand the variation in outcomes within the population of children who are eligible for subsidized meals

Consider College Ready Academy No. 4, an Alliance school where 97 % of the 325 students qualify for subsidized meals, a poverty indicator.

Districts are shown in descending order of poverty, so that district A (with 90 percent of students eligible for subsidized meals) is at the top and district T (with only 4 percent of students eligible for subsidized meals) is at the bottom.

About 81 percent of students received free - or reduced - price lunch that year, although the number of students living near the poverty line may be higher because older students tend to be less likely to sign up for subsidized meals.

In 1971, students of color, many of them poor, made up just 12 percent of public school enrollments; in 2015 minority enrollment sat at 52 percent — and more than half of all public school students were eligible for subsidized meals, a widely accepted metric for student poverty.

Its middle - schoolers — 88 percent of whom qualify for subsidized meals — made their strongest showing in sixth - grade math last year, with 94 percent scoring proficient, compared with the state's average of 77 percent.

At Hamilton Elementary / Middle in Northeast Baltimore, 87 percent of elementary school students qualify for subsidized meals.