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Breakfast and Lunch Updates for 2021-2022

August 01, 2021

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The Putnam County R-I School District is offering free meals to all (enrolled students/children ages 18 and under) under COVID-19: Child Nutrition Response #85 Nationwide Waiver to Allow the Seamless Summer Option through School Year 2021-2022. Households are still encouraged to complete and apply for free and reduced-price meals to the district for processing. Free and reduced data is used to help maintain meal count system requirements, report to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education for funding formulas, and establish eligibility for other benefits, particularly Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer (P-EBT) and Emergency Broadband Benefit. Putnam County R-I Schools announced its revised free and reduced-price policy for school children offered meals in schools under the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program."

Your free and reduced meal application helps in multiple ways. Below are a few examples. 

• Increased funding for schools to ensure that students receive the support they need for a comprehensive education.
• Discounts on fees associated with applying for college. 
• Free or reduced prices on meals.
• Discounts on SAT, ACT, AP testing fees.
• Increased technology funds for schools to improve internet access, wireless, and network services.
• Discounts on school-related athletic fees.

This form ensures continued funding to support ALL students in our district.

Complete yours as soon as you receive your child's back-to-school packet. Thank you for helping us give the best to our students.