Medina offering free breakfasts and lunches again this school year

MEDINA – The Medina school district announced it will continue providing free breakfasts and lunches to all students this school year.

Medina has been offering free breakfast and lunch to all students the past seven years through the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) of the National School Breakfast/Lunch Program.

The CEP program provides the opportunity for schools in high poverty areas to provide two nutritious meals every school day, while eliminating the stigma for those students previously identified as “low income.”

The CEP began in 2011 with three states piloting the program and then became a nationwide program in 2014. To be eligible for CEP at least 40 percent of students must be identified as “directly certified” for free meals without a meal application through programs such as SNAP, TANF and Medicaid. Medina school district has met this eligibility guideline.

For additional information about the program, contact the following:

• Medina Jr/Sr High School – Michael Cavanagh, Principal at 585-798-2700 ext. 1
• Clifford Wise Intermediate School – Jennifer Stearns, Principal at 585-798-2700 ext. 2
• Oak Orchard Primary School – Julie Schiavone, Principal at 585-798-2700 ext. 3