More Students Qualify For Free Or Reduced Priced Lunch
By: Allison Morrison
Updated: August 26, 2008
High gas and food prices are putting a strain on many Lubbock families as their kids return to school this year.
Although enrollment in the Lubbock Independent School District has remained flat, the number of parents applying for free or reduced priced lunches for their kids is increasing.
Out of around 28,000 students in LISD, nearly 61 percent qualify for free or reduced priced lunches- that's a six percent increase in just two years.
Katie Gossett with Aramark Food Service encourages parents to apply for the program.
"Anytime the family has any kind of life status change on their employment, they should come down and fill out another application. They can get one at the school or they can come down to the food service office. Their eligibility can change anytime throughout the year based on what's happening in the family home life," Gossett says.
Gossett expects about a one percent increase in the number of students qualifying for free or reduced lunches this school year.
