Food Service Manager: Cathy Moura (542-0550, ext. 112)

Letter to Housholds About the National School Lunch Program
and School Breakfast Program for 2008 - 2009 School Year

Dear Parent or Guardian:

The Wright Elementary School District takes part in the National School Lunch and/or School Breakfast Programs. Meals are served every school day. Students may buy lunch for $2.50 and/or breakfast for $l.00. Eligible students may receive meals free or at a reduced price of $ .40 for lunch and/or $.30 for breakfast. Students may buy milk for $ .30.

If you now receive Food Stamp, California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs), Kinship Guardianship Assistance Payments (Kin-GAP), or Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR) benefits, your child may receive free meals.

If your total household income is the same or less than the amounts on the income scale below, your child may receive meals free or at a reduced price. Household means a group of related or non-related individuals who are living as one economic unit and sharing living expenses. Living expenses include rent, clothes, food, doctor bills, and utility bills.

A foster care child who is the legal responsibility of the welfare agency or ward of the court may be eligible to receive meals free or at a reduced price regardless of your income. Foster children must have a separate application from other children in your household, and their eligibility is based on their “Personal Use Income.”

Wright Elementary School District
Lunch and Breakfast Program 2008-2009

A reminder of how to pay for your child(ren)'s meals:

• Turn in all lunch money to the school office or cafeteria in the morning prior to the start of the school day.
  
• Lunch money should be sent to school in a sealed envelope with the child's first and last name, room number and amount printed clearly.
  
• Check payments are accepted and encouraged; simply place your child(ren)'s name(s) and room number(s) on the check payable to Wright School Lunch Fund.
  
• Students are asked to pay by the week or month. We prefer not to accept money on a daily basis.
  
• All money will be deposited into the student's accounts. No change will be given.
  
• We do not allow students to charge lunches/breakfasts.
  
• You must reapply for the current school year if your child(ren) were a part of the Free and Reduced Lunch Program last year.
  

If you have any questions please call your child’s school.

Cathy Moura
Food Service Manager
542-0550 Ext. 112

HOW TO APPLY

Complete and sign the attached Application for Free and Reduced Price Meals or Free Milk, and return it to the school as soon as possible. The application cannot be approved and may be returned if it contains incomplete eligibility information.

FOOD STAMP, CalWORKs, Kin-GAP, and FDPIR HOUSEHOLDS — If you now get Food Stamp, CalWORKs, Kin-GAP, or FDPIR benefits for your child(ren), list each child's name, and your Food Stamp, CalWORKs, Kin-GAP, or FDPIR case number. AN ADULT HOUSEHOLD MEMBER MUST SIGN THE APPLICATION.

FOSTER CARE CHILDREN or CHILDREN PLACED IN OUT-OF-HOME CARE — Complete a separate application for each child who is the legal responsibility of the welfare agency or is a ward of the court. Write the name of the child and the specific school the child attends. If the child receives personal-use income, list the amount of income. Personal-use income is (a) money given by the welfare office identified by category for the child's personal use, such as clothing, school fees, and allowances; and (b) all other money the child receives, such as money from family and earnings from full-time or regular part-time employment. The foster parent or agency official must sign the application.

ALL OTHER INCOME HOUSEHOLDS (wages, salary, pensions, etc.) — If you do not enter a Food Stamp, CalWORKs, Kin-GAP, or FDPIR case number for each student listed on the application, you must enter:

• The names of all school-age children in your household and the school(s) they attend
• The names of all other children in your household who do not attend school
• The names of all adults and other household members, the amount each person received last month, and the source of income
• The Social Security number of the adult household member who signs the application or indicate "none" if the adult does not have a Social Security number

An application must be completed, with all household members and incomes listed, for a child who is living with relatives or friends, whether or not the child is a ward of the court.

An adult household member must sign the application

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