29 Jul 2024 Nearly twenty PCSSD schools will receive free meals this school year
PULASKI COUNTY — Nineteen of 26 Pulaski County Special School District schools will participate in Provision 2 during the 2024-2025 school year. Provision 2 will provide free breakfast and lunch, regardless of eligibility category, at no charge for all students at the following elementary schools: Cato, College Station, Crystal Hill, Daisy Bates, Harris, Joe T. Robinson, Landmark, Lawson, Oak Grove, Oakbrooke, Pine Forest, Sherwood, Sylvan Hills and William Jefferson Clinton.
The Middle schools are Maumelle, Mills and Sylvan Hills. Free meals will also be given at Sylvan Hills Junior High and Mills University Studies High.
Provision 2 is made possible through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act. Under Provision 2, schools (listed above) must serve meals to all participating children at no charge for up to four consecutive years.
In its first year, PCSSD must collect Free and Reduced Lunch applications from all participating schools. For the remaining three years of Provision 2, households are not required to complete the free and reduced-price application or pay for meals.
Provision 2 requires that the school serve meals to participating children at no charge but reduces application burdens to once every four years and simplifies meal counting and claiming procedures by allowing a school to receive meal reimbursement based on claiming percentages. Additional four-year extensions to Provision 2 are possible when certain conditions are met.
Application forms are available online and at each PCSSD school; the forms can be turned in now through June 30, 2025. Only one application should be submitted for each household. PCSSD will review applications, which are subject to verification at any time during the school year by school officials. Parents/guardians who are dissatisfied with the District’s determination may make an appeal to the student nutrition department via email at [email protected].
