Reminder: Breakfast And Lunch Are Free At 44 Escambia Schools; All Others Must Apply

August 15, 2022

Breakfast and lunch are free for all students, regardless of income, during the upcoming school year at 44 schools in Escambia County. Applications must be submitted for free or reduced price lunches at all other schools.

The Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) program means that parents of the students at these schools are not required to submit an application for the Free and Reduced Meal program at that school. However, siblings attending schools not on the CEP list will need to apply for eligibility.

The free meal schools are selected based upon income levels.

Meal applications, or payment, will be required at: Beulah Elementary, Blue Angels Elementary, Cook Elementary, Cordova Park Elementary, Hellen Caro Elementary, Kingsfield Elementary, Suter Elementary, Brown Barge Middle, Ransom Middle, Tate High and West Florida High. Parents at these schools should plan on providing their child with money for their meals until eligibility is established to avoid creating a deficit in their account. Funds can be added to student accounts online at myschoolbucks.com.

This program has been in place since 2015 in Escambia County and is not related to the pandemic.

Free meal schools are:

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

  • Bellview Elementary
  • Bratt Elementary
  • Brentwood Elementary
  • C.A. Weis Elementary
  • Byrneville Elementary
  • Ensley Elementary
  • Ferry Pass Elementary
  • Global Learning Academy
  • Holm Elementary
  • Jim Allen Elementary
  • Lincoln Park Elementary
  • Lipscomb Elementary
  • Longleaf Elementary
  • McArthur Elementary
  • Molino Park Elementary
  • Montclair Elementary
  • Myrtle Grove Elementary
  • Navy Point Elementary
  • Oakcrest Elementary
  • Pine Meadow Elementary
  • Pleasant Grove Elementary
  • Scenic Heights Elementary
  • O.J. Semmes Elementary
  • Sherwood Elementary
  • Warrington Elementary
  • West Pensacola Elementary

MIDDLE SCHOOLS

  • Bailey Middle
  • Bellview Middle
  • Beulah Middle
  • Ernest Ward Middle
  • Ferry Pass Middle
  • Warrington Middle
  • Workman Middle

HIGH SCHOOLS

  • Escambia High
  • Northview High
  • Pensacola High
  • Pine Forest High
  • Washington High

OTHER SCHOOLS AND CENTERS

  • Achieve Academy
  • Capstone
  • Escambia Westgate Center
  • Hope Horizon
  • Jacqueline Harris Preparatory Academy
  • Success Academy

Free/reduced meal applications are available here.

Pictured: An Escambia County School lunch, typically served on Wednesdays last school year. Photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.

Comments

7 Responses to “Reminder: Breakfast And Lunch Are Free At 44 Escambia Schools; All Others Must Apply”

  1. SueB on August 16th, 2022 10:09 am

    What a shame that most of the food will be thrown away. Kids will not eat greens. If you peel the orange they might eat it even the apple. Pack your kids a lunch. Even add something extra for snack like Poptarts. Most kids will just eat a roll.
    What about all the Alabama kids being dropped off at Escambia County Schools? Our taxes are paying for them to eat? How much money is being taken from Alabama citizens to help pay for this “treat”?

  2. Northend on August 15th, 2022 8:25 pm

    Just because the school is included in the free lunch, doesn’t mean lunch is available. Last year at Northview, if you weren’t in the first lunch group, there wasn’t anything left. Sounds good, but there’s always a flip side. If the student qualifies for reduced/free lunch at a non participating school, the student may have a better chance at actually getting food.

  3. Denny on August 15th, 2022 11:52 am

    Concerned, the second sentence states those that can’t afford lunch can apply for reduced or free lunch.

  4. Big Boy on August 15th, 2022 11:16 am

    If your children don’t get feed. The district don’t think they are as good as all the rest of the children in the county. Remember this and the new taxes they are putting on you on VOTE DAY. We need to clean house.

  5. Big Jim on August 15th, 2022 9:21 am

    With this level of need county-wide, doesn’t seem right that just a few schools are left out of the free lunch program.

  6. Value Meals on August 15th, 2022 8:24 am

    With as much school tax as I pay, the whole county can be fed.

  7. Concerned on August 15th, 2022 8:09 am

    Where is Tate High School??? Not everyone can afford the lunches and breakfast so why leave a school out ?

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