Austin ISD to give students at 77 schools free breakfast and lunch

AUSTIN, Texas — All students at 77 schools in Austin ISD will receive free breakfast and lunch, due to the federally funded Community Eligibility Provision program.

The Community Eligibility Provision program enables schools in low-income areas to provide free meals to all students without any application or documentation.

The schools included in this program are:

• Uphaus ECC
• Allison Elementary
• Andrews Elementary
• Barrington Elementary
• Blackshear Elementary
• Blanton Elementary
• Blazier Elementary
• Boone Elementary
• Brown Elementary
• Campbell Elementary
• Casey Elementary
• Cook Elementary
• Cunningham Elementary
• Dawson Elementary
• Galindo Elementary
• Govalle Elementary
• Graham Elementary
• Guerrero-Thompson Elementary
• Harris Elementary
• Hart Elementary
• Houston Elementary
• Jordan Elementary
• Joslin Elementary
• Kocurek Elementary
• Langford Elementary
• Linder Elementary
• McBee Elementary
• Menchaca Elementary
• Norman-Sims Elementary
• Oak Hill Elementary
• Oak Springs Elementary
• Odom Elementary
• Ortega Elementary
• Overton Elementary
• Padron Elementary
• Palm Elementary
• Pecan Springs Elementary
• Perez Elementary
• Pickle Elementary
• Pillow Elementary
• Pleasant Hill Elementary
• Rodriguez Elementary
• Sanchez Elementary
• St. Elmo Elementary
• Travis Heights Elementary
• Walnut Creek Elementary
• Widen Elementary
• Williams Elementary
• Winn Elementary
• Wooldridge Elementary
• Wooten Elementary
• Zavala Elementary
• Bedichek Middle School
• Burnet Middle School
• Covington Middle School
• Dobie Middle School
• Garcia YMLA Middle School
• Lively Middle School
• Marshall Middle School
• Martin Middle School
• Mendez Middle School
• Paredes Middle School
• Sadler Means YWLA Middle School
• Webb Middle School
• Akins ECHS High School
• Crockett ECHS High School
• Eastside ECHS High School
• Garza Independence High School
• GPA at Navarro High School
• GPA at Travis High School
• International High School
• LBJ ECHS High School
• Navarro ECHS High School
• Northeast ECHS High School
• Travis ECHS High School
• Alternative Learning Center
• Rosedale School

Students from ineligible schools will use their meal status to eat at school.

Those schools will have these prices for students:

Breakfast:

• Full Price – Elementary Schools: $1.75
• Full Price – Middle & High Schools: $2.00
• Reduced-Price (All Levels): FREE
• Adult/Guest: $3.50

Lunch: 

• Full Price – Elementary Schools: $3.25
• Full Price – Middle & High Schools: $3.50
• Reduced-Price (All Levels): $0.40
• Adult/Guest: $5.00

In February, Texas chose not to be a part of USDA’s free summer school lunch program, the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer. The program would have allowed eligible families to receive $40 per month for each child.