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The first day of school is Tuesday, August 8, 2023!

MORE STUDENTS TO RECEIVE FREE MEALS THIS SCHOOL YEAR

Students at 25 schools and centers in Richland School District Two will eat breakfast and lunch for free during the 2023-2024 school year and families will not have to fill out meal applications. The district is announcing the following schools are participating in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) which means each student enrolled at these schools and centers qualifies to eat school meals at no cost regardless of household income:

Center for Inquiry
Center for Knowledge
Bookman Road Elementary
Bridge Creek Elementary
Catawba Trail Elementary
Forest Lake Elementary
Jackson Creek Elementary
Joseph Keels Elementary
Killian Elementary
L.W. Conder Elementary
Langford Elementary
Lonnie B. Nelson Elementary
North Springs Elementary
Polo Road Elementary
Pontiac Elementary
Rice Creek Elementary
Sandlapper Elementary
Windsor Elementary
Dent Middle
E. L. Wright Middle
Longleaf Middle
Summit Parkway Middle
Richland Northeast High
Ridge View High
Westwood High

Section 104(a) of the Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010 amended section 11(a)(1) of the Richard B Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1759a(a)(1))(the law) to provide an alternative to household applications for free and reduced-price meals in local educational agencies and schools with increased levels of low-income students. More than 18,300 students will benefit from CEP.