Her suburban school, which reported about 74 percent of its students on
free and reduced lunch last year, earned a school performance grade of «F» in 2014 - 2015 and experienced soaring teacher turnover of more than 26 percent.
Not exact matches
Roughly 183,500
free or
reduced - price
lunches were served at Niles North
and Niles West high schools
last year, district documents show.
Last school year, meal participation was dropping in Napa Valley schools, even though around half of the student population qualifies for
free and reduced lunches.
Last year, more than 21 million children nationwide ate
free or
reduced - price
lunches, according to data from the USDA's Food
and Nutrition Service.
The program, which began in three schools
last year, now operates in 11 elementary schools around the city
and in Cicero, where the population of students eligible for
free or
reduced lunches is 85 percent or higher.
The number of students eating
free and reduced - price school
lunches edged higher in many local districts
last year,
and appear on pace to climb even more this fall.
The system participates in a federally - backed program that provides
free lunch to all students in 79 of its most low - income schools, meaning it no longer tracks system - wide data on
free and reduced lunch, a spokesman said
last week.
After learning more about the school
and looking in - depth at disaggregated student outcomes disaggregated by race
and free and reduced lunch eligibility (including test scores
and attendance
and retention rates) for the
last few years, you decide to write a memo that you will submit to the leadership team to enhance the expertise of the faculty to teach
and engage diverse students effectively.
These
last two were key factors for the kids who attended the pilot, 86 % of which qualify for
free or
reduced - price
lunch, since transportation access
and food security are economic barriers to school choice for families who have lower household incomes.
Citizens of the World 3, as of
last October, enrolled 368 students, 33 percent receiving
free or
reduced - price
lunch, 11 percent were English language learners, 51 percent white
and 32 percent Latino or African - American.
Celerity Troika, located in Board District 5
and co-located on two campuses, Luther Burbank Middle School
and Garvanza Elementary School, enrolled 609 students as of
last October, with 68 percent qualifying for
free or
reduce - price
lunch, 24 percent English language learners, 77 percent Latino
and 4 percent African - American.
Last week Andre Bauer, the lieutenant governor of South Carolina
and a candidate to become the state's next governor, compared providing government assistance to those in need — including school kids eligible for
free or
reduced price
lunches — to feeding stray animals.