Sentences with phrase «with school lunch prices»

I'm so fed up with school lunch prices, portion sizes that I started sending him healthy food to school and now I'm having to send him only foods that aren't warm.

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Initiatives include the Backpack Food Program where the foundation partners with local food banks and schools to provide knapsacks filled with nutritious, easy - to - prepare, nonperishable food for students who are at risk for hunger when free or - reduced price school lunches are unavailable.

Any public school containing these grades with a minimum enrollment of 125 students per school site, have a breakfast program, and serve at least 40 % of its lunches to free and reduced price meals shall be eligible for a state financial supplement.

Paid meals: Meals that meet the nutritional requirements of the National School Lunch or School Breakfast Program and are served to children with household income above 185 percent of the poverty line at a price set by the school district or school food pSchool Lunch or School Breakfast Program and are served to children with household income above 185 percent of the poverty line at a price set by the school district or school food pSchool Breakfast Program and are served to children with household income above 185 percent of the poverty line at a price set by the school district or school food pschool district or school food pschool food program

Some pupils at Chicago's Drake Elementary feared that a Bush election would cause the price of food to increase and even wreak havoc with their school lunches.

Talk turns to healthier food as school board raises breakfast, lunch prices (July 27, 2011): Another story focusing on the balancing act required to make school menus healthier while dealing with rising food and meal costs.

One such program is the USDA - funded National School Lunch Program, which currently provides 22 million students with reduced - priced or free school luSchool Lunch Program, which currently provides 22 million students with reduced - priced or free school luschool lunches.

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 Food Research and Action Center's report, «Hunger Doesn't Take a Vacation,» said that nationally about 3.2 million children are enrolled in summer nutrition programs, compared with 15.3 million who receive free and reduced - price lunches during the school year.

First of all, nowhere does the piece mention that the full price for an elementary school lunch in Steamboat Springs is $ 3.00 (with the price rising to $ 4.00 in high school), whereas last year the full price for an elementary school lunch in Greene County was a mere $ 1.25 (though, due to changes in the federal law, that price will go up next year.)

For example, what if districts with lower property values received more federal reimbursement dollars for school meals than districts with higher property values, with the affluent districts making up the difference via a higher lunch price for paying students?

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.

But, now, with higher food prices and the English government slashing money for education, school lunch prices in England will escalate beyond the reach of a lot of English children.

The cost of complying with new federal meal guidelines that call for more fruits and vegetables, more whole grains, and less salt, may well force cash - strapped schools to raise the price of lunch and breakfast.

«With the school year approaching, and school lunch prices rising, I was wondering what ideas everyone would have for lunchbox meals?

I received the following question from frugal friend Desi... «With the school year approaching, and school lunch prices rising, I was wondering what ideas everyone would have for lunchbox meals?

In 2013, with the Governor's support, the Vermont State Legislature eliminated the reduced price category for school lunch so that all students from low - income households can eat lunch for free.

The board also increased the school breakfast and lunch prices by 10 cents for students with low income.

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.

The bottom line facts you need to know: under the new school food law passed last year, school districts must bring the price for a paid lunch (that is, a lunch purchased by a student who does not qualify for free or reduced price meals) into line with what the meal actually costs, eventually charging an average of $ 2.46 per 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.

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 learnWith 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 learnwith 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.

these sound similar to something I used to make with my daughter to put in her school lunch box - we all enjoyed them as a sweet treat:) love the gift boxes, can't get anything so reasonable priced over here: -LRB-

• Map performance on all of these measures against free and reduced - price lunch eligibility rates to determine which schools are truly excelling at educating low - income students and which schools are simply coasting along with an advantaged student body.

Public high schools in the United States with more than 40 percent of students participating in the federal free or reduced price lunch program are eligible to apply.

After controlling for average class size, per - pupil spending in 1998 - 99, the percentage of students with disabilities, the percentage of students receiving a free or reduced - price school lunch, the percentage of students with limited English proficiency, and student mobility rates, high - scoring F schools achieved gains that were 2.5 points greater than their below - average D counterparts in reading (see Figure 2).

The survey sought to identify issues and successful practices in «inclusive» STEM schools — schools that serve students from groups historically under - represented in STEM fields and with a higher percentage of students who qualify for a free or reduced - price lunch (which is linked to family income)-- as opposed to «selective» STEM schools, which recruit students who have higher levels of prior achievement.

Cleveland Metropolitan School District is one of the most economically disadvantaged school districts in the nation, with a free or reduced - price lunch rate of 100 peSchool District is one of the most economically disadvantaged school districts in the nation, with a free or reduced - price lunch rate of 100 peschool districts in the nation, with a free or reduced - price lunch rate of 100 percent.

The students involved in the project attend two Title 1 schools from Sparks, Nevada — Sparks Middle School and Sparks High School, both with high percentages of students on free and reduced - priced lunch — and Cottonwood Elementary School, a K - 4 school in Fernley, NSchool and Sparks High School, both with high percentages of students on free and reduced - priced lunch — and Cottonwood Elementary School, a K - 4 school in Fernley, NSchool, both with high percentages of students on free and reduced - priced lunch — and Cottonwood Elementary School, a K - 4 school in Fernley, NSchool, a K - 4 school in Fernley, Nschool in Fernley, Nevada.

For each school, we know the nontargeted, or noncategorical, allocations made for each student who attends the school as well as how much the school received for five targeted groups of students: students eligible for free or reduced - price lunch, students eligible for bilingual education programs, students with disabilities, gifted students, and students in vocational education programs.

In a school where 80 percent of the children are eligible for free or reduced - price lunch, the parents of the average child would have a 48 percent chance of selecting the teacher with a high - satisfaction and average achievement rating over the teacher with average ratings on both satisfaction and achievement.

In practice it is unlikely that an assessment system will have access to data on student backgrounds beyond what is routinely collected by school systems: the percentage of students with limited English proficiency, the percentage eligible for free and reduced - price lunch, and the ethnic and racial composition of the student population.

Both Detroit's charter and traditional public - school sectors serve predominantly African American families (roughly 85 percent) with limited economic resources (in charters, 84.5 percent qualify for free or reduced - price lunch versus 81.6 percent in district schools).

Mr. Price's way with words launched him from a job selling cars to his current gig as the «Lunch Menu Man,» recording school menus on one line while offering T - shirts and his original country music for sale on others.

In 2013 — 14, 77 percent of Success students received free or reduced - price lunch, compared with 79 percent for city schools overall; 12 percent of Success students received special education services, compared with 18 percent for the city; 4 percent of Success students were English - language learners (ELL), compared with 13 percent for the city.

To qualify for a scholarship, children had to be entering grades 1 through 4, live in New York City, attend a public school at the time of application, and come from families with incomes low enough to qualify for the U.S. government's free or reduced - price school - lunch program.

More - advantaged schools — those with fewer students eligible for free or reduced - price lunch and those with higher initial student achievement — benefited the most from the program.

Seventy - seven percent of Icahn students receive free or reduced - price lunch, compared with 79 percent for city schools overall; 6 percent of Icahn students receive special - education services, compared with 17 percent for the city; 5 percent of Icahn students are English - language learners (ELL), compared with 14 percent for the city.

These programs are widely used with schools — and other qualifying institutions — serving 19.8 million free lunches each day, as well as 2.2 million reduced - price lunches.

In this study, 27 high - poverty elementary schools (75 — 100 % eligibility for free or reduced - price lunch) were matched by prior reading achievement and poverty level and randomly assigned to one of two implementation conditions: a core treatment condition that directly replicated implementation procedures used in previous experiments, or a core treatment with structured teacher adaptations condition.

From a concentration of poverty perspective, the highest per - pupil school allocation is for schools with between 70 percent and 80 percent of students qualifying for free or reduced - price lunch, not the highest levels of poverty.

Other districts, such as Palm Beach, appear to distribute $ 259 per student for schools with 50 percent to 60 percent eligibility, $ 324 for schools that are between 61 percent and 75 percent eligible, $ 389 for schools that are between 75 percent and 90 percent eligible, and $ 486 for schools with more than 90 percent of their students eligible for free and reduced - price lunch.

• With few exceptions, students eligible for free and reduced - priced lunch and students of color in the cities were less likely than white students to enroll in high - scoring elementary and middle schools, take advanced math courses, and take a college entrance exam.

When I was superintendent of schools in Stamford, Conn., a very diverse system (40 % Hispanic, 22 % black, 8 % Asian, 30 % white, 40 % free and reduced - price lunch, 15 % English learners), I was faced with institutional segregation of students within desegregated schools.

At the time, state data showed that, among Indiana schools with more than 90 percent of students receiving free or reduced price lunch, Christel House had higher test scores than every other charter school and all but a handful of traditional public schools.

Proposals to serve students who attend schools with free and reduced - price lunch eligibility of 75 percent or greater.

We start talking about college on day one,» said Huberman, whose school serves 98 percent latino students, with 90 percent qualifying for free or reduced price lunch.

With few exceptions, students eligible for free and reduced - price lunch and students of color in the 50 cities were less likely than more advantaged students to enroll in a high - scoring elementary and middle school, take advanced math classes in high school, and sit for the ACT / SAT.

It may also be difficult to translate work done in this small school, where in any given year a quarter to 40 percent of students are eligible for free or reduced - price lunch, a federal measure of poverty, to larger, urban schools with higher concentrations of low - income students.