Free meals for all students will continue at 32 Alachua County schools this fall
Press release from Alachua County Public Schools
ALACHUA COUNTY, Fla. – For the upcoming school year, 32 local schools, including some charter schools, have been designated as federal Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) sites. That designation means that all students at the school are eligible to receive free breakfast and lunch, regardless of family income and without having to apply.
The CEP schools for the 2023-24 school year are:
| A. Q. Jones | Eastside High School | Lake Forest Elementary | Norton Elementary | Sidney Lanier |
| Alachua Elementary | Einstein School (charter) | Littlewood Elementary | One Room School House (charter) | Terwilliger Elementary |
| AMI Kids | Foster Elementary | Lincoln Middle | Parker Elementary | Westwood Middle |
| Archer Elementary | Glen Springs Elementary | Mebane Middle | Rawlings Elementary | Williams Elementary |
| Bishop Middle | Hawthorne Middle/High | Metcalfe Elementary | Resilience (charter) | |
| Boulware (charter) | Idylwild Elementary | Newberry Elementary | Shell Elementary | |
| Caring and Sharing (charter) | Irby Elementary | North Central FL. Public (charter) | Siatech (charter) |
Families of students at 20 local schools that are not designated as CEP sites for the upcoming school year will need to meet income guidelines and fill out a family application for their children to receive free or reduced-price meals. Those non-CEP schools are Buchholz High, Chiles Elementary, Constellation Charter School of Gainesville (charter), Ft. Clarke Middle, Gainesville High, Hidden Oak Elementary, High Springs Community, Kanapaha Middle, Meadowbrook Elementary, Micanopy Academy (charter), Newberry High, Oak View Middle, PAM@Loften High, Santa Fe High, Santa Fe College Academy of Science & Technology, Talbot Elementary, Wiles Elementary, Expressions Charter, PK Yonge Developmental, and Healthy Learning Charter.
Student meal prices for the 2023-24 school year:
Reduced: $0.30 (breakfast), $0.40 (lunch)
Paid: $1.50 (breakfast), $2.50 (elementary lunch), $2.75 (secondary lunch).
More information and an online application are available on the district’s Food and Nutrition Services website at www.yourchoicefresh.com. Hard copies of the online meal application are also available at the non-CEP schools.
Families needing more information can call (352) 955-7539, extension 1569.
We don’t have children any more. We raised our children and FED them as well. Why do we have to pay for people that can’t feed they own kids. They have them, they should be able to feed them.
Welcome to “How our democratic government works”
Making the populace dependent on the government.
And if you have more babies then we’re gonna pay you more!
Such compassion! I’m sure you’re a “Christian” too.
Margaret wtf are you talking about!!??
Just in time for raising taxes too! My mom always made sure I had not only breakfast but also sent me with a brown bag lunch. Why are people so lazy these days?