BERLIN — The city council and school board are holding a joint meeting next Monday to discuss a new threat to state school aid. The formula to determine state education assistance and many other grants looks at the number of free and reduced lunches in a school district. But this year the numbers are skewed because the federal government decided to offer free lunches to all students to a way to make sure they got a nutritious meal despite the economic impact of COVID-19. With free lunches being offered, many parents did not bother to fill out the applications forms normally required to qualify their kids for free and reduced lunches.
At the Oct. 8 school board meeting, Berlin Superintendent of Schools Julie King said only 38 percent of the student body had returned the form, at least 20 percent below normal. The district responded by sending letters to parents explaining the importance of the forms.
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