Sentences with phrase «free and reduced lunch support»

Like many schools, we serve a diverse student body, with 45 % of our students receiving free and reduced lunch support.

Not exact matches

Chicago Public Schools, where 87 percent of students are eligible for free and reduced - price lunch, already puts strict requirements on the items sold in vending machines — juice and water are the only available beverages, for instance — but Leslie Fowler, the district's executive director of nutrition support services, said students still bristle at the idea of schools controlling their choices.

CAN is committed to serving the high schools with the highest need (e.g., high number of students enrolled in the Free and Reduced Lunch Program) and the fewest resources (e.g., lack of college access support such as a high counselor to student ratio).

Given the facts that student needs are rising — poverty rates across Wisconsin have been rapidly increasing, with about 40 percent of schoolchildren now eligible for free or reduced lunch — while financial support for schools at both the state and federal level is falling, they have a tall order in front of them.

A sample of 36 Great Expectation model elementary schools were matched with 556 Oklahoma non-Great Expectations elementary schools based on the following variables: ethnicity, free and reduced lunch eligibility, school size, average number of days students absent, percent of parents attending conferences, percent of teachers with advanced degrees, percent passing third grade reading test, district population size, unemployment rate, average household income, teachers per administrator, percent of student's in special education, instructional support budget, and district percent passing Algebra I. Five years of pass rates on third grade reading and third grade math state exams were examined.

In support of this goal, CEL staff and consultants have provided job - embedded training, modeling instructional strategies and coaching teachers within the context of their schools and their classrooms It's happening, for example, in Vernon Parish at West Leesville Elementary, which houses grades two through four, with 70 % of students qualifying for Free and Reduced Lunch.

These supports allow TSTT participants — 90 % of whom are eligible for free and reduced - price lunch and 75 % of whom will be first - generation college students — to receive high - quality teacher preparation.

And there is substantial research to support it — I suggest you review 90-90-90 schools... these are schools that have 90 % minority populations, 90 % free and reduced lunch student populations, and 90 % of students reaching proficiency on standardized tesAnd there is substantial research to support it — I suggest you review 90-90-90 schools... these are schools that have 90 % minority populations, 90 % free and reduced lunch student populations, and 90 % of students reaching proficiency on standardized tesand reduced lunch student populations, and 90 % of students reaching proficiency on standardized tesand 90 % of students reaching proficiency on standardized tests!

Lake Station schools Superintendent Dan DeHaven said some challenges in working with children who live in poverty have to do with the additional support that must be provided to them; 78 percent of students in his district receive free and reduced - price lunch.

In Missouri, Jennings School District also has a 100 percent free and reduced lunch rate, and provides extra support for these students, including three meals a day, a homeless shelter and social services.

The recommendation is based on aggregate evaluation data generated during the application process, considering the following key elements: (1) the quality of the proposed program as measured against the criteria contained in the charter school application; (2) the substantive issues surrounding the overall feasibility and reasonableness of the application in terms of the likelihood of the opening and operation of a successful, high quality public school; (3) the degree of public support for the proposed school; and (4) the CSDE's recommendation that the SBE give preference to the applicant due to its commitment to: (a) serving students who receive free or reduced price lunch; (b) partnering with FamilyUrban Schools of Excellence, Inc., an organization with a record of operating high - quality public schools in Connecticut; (c) serving students from the Dixwell / Newhallville community, an underserved, high - need area of New Haven; and (d) operating in New Haven, a Priority School District.

Supported participation in the district's need - based funding programs such as Free and Reduced Lunch enrollment and Breakfast in the Classroom.