Sentences with phrase «in free or reduced lunch»

Differences in free or reduced lunch status in KIPP CMO charters and its surrounding districts.

In addition, the majority of students were Latino or minority students and 83 percent participated in the free or reduced lunch program.

CPS inspector general James Sullivan found more than a dozen cases of lunch fraud at one West Side school to improperly enroll students in free or reduced lunch programs.

Practices such as not taking part in free or reduced lunches

Not exact matches

The school in his neighborhood has a poverty rate of 62 % (62 % of students qualify for free or reduced - fee lunch), and is overcrowded because the governor doesn't think small class sizes are important.

Having taught for some years in the public school system of MS, I can say that in many of the rural schools in this state (likely the same in nearby states as well for rural schools) have many football players on free or reduced price school lunch programs and very poor training and weight room facilities.

Students at Elm City (86 percent of whom qualify for free or reduced - price lunch) now control their schedule and follow their own personal interests in their learning much more than they used to, and they have more autonomy in the subjects they study, including daily «enrichment» courses in robotics, dance, and tae kwon do.

The Los Angeles Unified School District is the second largest school district in the nation and and one where 80 % of the children qualify for free or reduced priced breakfast and lunch.

The new contract spells the end of the district's short - lived foray into the National School Lunch Program, which provides federal reimbursements in exchange for offering healthy free or reduced - cost meals to low - income students.

This fund provides free or reduced lunches to families in need.

In order to get the cash subsidies, the schools have to provide lunches that meet the federal requirements AND provide free or reduced - price lunches to eligible students.

When I was in school, I did not qualify for free or reduced lunch but I enjoyed (and still do) warm food versus a PBJ or deli meat sandwich from home, so I often took advantage of the hot lunch line as a paying customer.

Dads and their children enjoy a sports sesson followed by a healthy lunch and then a «walking bus» walks to the football ground in Dagenham where families can have reduced priced or sometimes free tickets to home games.

For those unfamiliar with this mysterious sounding figure: She's a teacher in an elementary school in Illinois where most of the students qualify for free or reduced - cost lunch.

Overall, the researchers found students who received free or reduced - price lunches were more obese than students who did not take part in the USDA program, but the gap in obesity prevalence was much smaller in states with strict lunch standards.

In the last four years, 55 CPS employees have now been accused of defrauding the federal school lunch program by enrolling ineligible children for free or reduced - price lunches, a pattern of abuse that highlights problems at every level of the program, Sullivan said.

Did you know that although more than 21 million children in the US get free or reduced - price school lunches, only 3 million get a free summer meal?

The Parsippany Hills, NJ high school mentioned in the Times report, at which school food is being boycotted, has about 1,100 kids, 5 % of whom — or 60 students — qualify for free and reduced lunch.

For many schools, the problem of unpaid school meal charges stems more from students who are not eligible for free or reduced price meals, but consistently fail to bring their lunch money (sometimes parents forget to pay, and sometimes — particularly in this economy — they struggle to pay).

During the school year that ended Friday, about 84 percent of Chicago public school students received free or reduced - price breakfasts and lunches, meaning that with summer's arrival, nearly 342,000 children are no longer receiving the meals each day in their school cafeterias.

The Committee directs the Secretary to issue minimum national standards to address the ongoing issue of shaming school children for unpaid school lunch fees, including standards that protect children from public embarrassment; that require all communications about unpaid school lunch fees be directed at the parent or guardian, not the child; and that schools take additional steps to determine if families falling behind in their school lunch fees are in fact eligible for free or reduced - price school meals.

The Park District in south suburban Markham is one of only a handful of sponsors providing free or reduced lunches to needy youths in the Chicago area this summer.

Texas requires schools with more than 80 percent of students eligible for free and reduced - cost lunch to serve universal free breakfast, but not necessarily Breakfast in the Classroom, a program where students eat the hot breakfast or cereal in the classroom with their teacher and peers.

Two days ago, New York Times national education correspondent Sam Dillon had a front page story on the sharp increase in the number of formerly middle class households now taking advantage of free or reduced price school lunches for their children, a stark indicator of the nation's current economic woes.

I firmly believe everyone has the right to a healthy lunch — and there's no reason why we can't ensure that schools don't differentiate between free, reduced, or regular breakfasts / lunches in the lunch room.

The USA Today piece has a great map showing that in great swaths of the country, upwards of 77 percent of public - school kids rely on reduced - price or free lunches.

Consider it a more realistic «Super Size Me» (while many individuals consciously choose to eat McDonald's thirty days in a row, these school children — many of whom are on cost - reduced or free - lunch programs, have little to no say when it comes to their lunch options).

31 million American children received free or reduced price lunches in 2011 due to economic need.

Supporting what you have said about the discrepancy in median income, only 8 % of students in the Steamboat Springs district qualify for free or reduced price lunch http://tinyurl.com/79paakd whereas in Greene County, 93 % qualify.

However, did you know that fewer than half of students who are eligible for a free or reduced price lunch also participate in the SBP?

«Even when the studies did look at free and reduced lunch or socioeconomic status of the kids... they still in many cases did not find a correlation between AP and college success,» Pope said in an interview.

More than 30 million kids a year participate in the National School Lunch Program, getting free or reduced - price meals at school.

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Participation is limited to schools in which at least 50 percent of the student population qualifies for free or reduced - price lunches through the National School Lunch Program.

kids who ate a free or reduced - price school lunch during the school year also participated in summer meal programs

1 in 7 kids who ate a free or reduced - price school lunch during the school year also participated in summer meal programs

The $ 4.5 - billion bill makes another 115,000 children eligible for free or reduced - price lunches, and provides 29 million more meals a year in after - school programs.

This one is extraordinary: Schools with 40 % or more of children eligible for free or reduced - price meals will be able to serve free breakfasts and free lunches to every student in the school, regardless of family income.

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.

As the economy struggles to regain its footing, more children than ever receive free or reduced - price lunches in the nation's school cafeterias.

For example, in San Francisco, about 60 % of students are classified as being qualified for free or reduced price lunch in 2010 - 11, but about 85 % of students eating in the cafeteria are qualified for free or reduced lunch.

In our direct education work, FoodCorps currently concentrates on schools with high rates of students from low - income households, as measured by eligibility for free or reduced - price school lunch.

Another important factor to consider when comparing your school or district with another one is how many students are qualified for free and reduced price lunch in each, and what percentage of the cafeteria volume is represented by paying students; note that the percentage of students in any category eating in the cafeteria is not the same thing as the number of students who are classified as being in that particular category.

The funding included in the budget will target $ 350,000 for outreach coordinators at each school that will focus on underrepresented middle schools, $ 650,000 for test preparation at middle school students for underrepresented populations and $ 750,000 for test prep that targets students receiving free or reduced lunch in New York City.

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Eligible high schools are those in which 50 percent or more of the students are eligible to participate in the federal free and reduced - price lunch program.

With 46 schools across Brooklyn, the Bronx, Manhattan, and Queens, Success Academy enrolls 15,500 students, primarily low - income children of color in disadvantaged neighborhoods: 75 % of students receive free or reduced - price lunch, 87 % are children of color, 16 % are children with disabilities, and 8 % are English language learners.

Bailey brushed aside a reporter's question about the optics of the secretary making her first school visit in New York City to one that caters to a wealthy student body, out of sync with the city's school system where about three - quarters of students qualify for free or reduced - price lunches.

In Wake County, N.C., school and political leaders integrated the school system by putting a 40 percent limit on the percent of students who qualify for free or reduced priced lunch at each school.

They measured educational outcomes using standardized tests and looked at demographic data, including attendance and suspension; race and ethnicity; free and reduced price lunch status; and participation in gifted education, special education, or programs for English learners.