Thursday, December 3, 2015

Parents & Guardians - Please Complete Application Form by This Friday





Parents and guardians of SW students,

In 1946, President Truman signed into law an act that provided students of limited financial means the ability to receive free or reduced priced lunch (F/RPL) from their school. For nearly 70 years, students across the country have had access to meals that they may otherwise not have had. While the free/reduced lunch has obvious benefits for students, there are also benefits at the school level.

As the lowest funded high school in the district, we rely on every dollar that we are allotted to serve the nearly 1800 students in our building.  One critical source of funding is the Title 1 money that is distributed based on the percentage or concentration of students who apply for and qualify for free/reduced lunch. For the last several years, we have reached the district’s minimum percentage of students qualifying for free/reduced lunch and, as a result, have received additional funding.

The district will determine additional funding based on the percentage of students qualifying for free/reduced lunch as of this Friday, Dec 4. At this point, we do NOT qualify for the additional funding that we have received for the past several years. We are asking that EVERY FAMILY who believes they may qualify or who is unsure to apply for free/reduced lunch. Students who qualify are not required to eat lunch at school, and as other programs use F/RPL as criteria for support, we are able to provide additional resources to qualified students.  

Please, take a moment to submit an application. Not only can you help your student, you can help the greater community of Southwest.



Thank you,
Dr. Bill Smith

Principal

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