Hillsboro School District Weekly Hot News, February 19, 2024 - Free Meals to All Students Starting March 1

Hillsboro School District Weekly Hot News Podcast

Thanks to a change in certification requirements for the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) of the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Program, all HSD students will now be able to receive school breakfast and lunch at NO COST as of Friday, March 1st. Adult meals will still be available for purchase: $3.25 for breakfast and $4.75 for lunch.

Previously, under the CEP program, approximately one-third of HSD schools were eligible for free meals. However, the certification HSD reached just prior to winter break will allow a mid-year certification of all schools that will remain in place through the 2026-27 school year.

Please note that each meal comes with milk. If your child only wants milk and not a meal, or would like an additional milk, those may be purchased for $0.75. Payments can be made by cash or check to the school or online at LinqConnect.com. There will also be some ala carte options for purchase at our comprehensive high schools.

Please also note that any outstanding balances accrued prior to Mar. 1, 2024 are still owed. Information about negative balances will be mailed directly to families on Mar. 20, 2024.

Families who have positive balances in their meal accounts will receive a letter in late March as well, asking if they would like to keep the balance in their account, transfer the balance to another student account in HSD, request a refund, or donate the funds to the nonprofit Food Services account to offset student accounts with negative balances.

For more information and answers to frequently asked questions, please see our Nutrition Services webpage.

We are excited about this change and the opportunity it provides to ensure all of our students have access to nutritious food during the school day.

Hey HSD students - do you and your friends have a “garage” band that gets together to play covers of popular songs? Or maybe you even create some original material? If so, we want YOU to perform in our first-ever Battle of the Bands at the Proud to be HSD Festival on Saturday, May 11 in downtown Hillsboro. The Festival runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and we will determine the schedule for the Battle of the Bands once we know how many entries we have. Let us know your interest by emailing [e-mail].

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