Duval County Public Schools leaders said Wednesday that free lunch will no longer be offered at 37 schools starting next school year.
The district shared the information through its social media platforms and sent emails to parents. You can read that here: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/12KjrRgTqKU/
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Since 2020, the district has been able to provide free lunch to all students in all schools across the district, regardless of their financial status, because of additional funds allotted to the county through federal pandemic funding.
Now, the district said it is no longer sustainable with the county’s budget to continue the program…