Free & Reduced-Price Meals
If your child attends one of the schools listed below*, and your household meets federal guidelines, your family may be eligibile for free or reduced-price meals under the National School Lunch and Breakfast programs.
- Frank C. Whiteley Elementary School
- Hunting Ridge Elementary School
- Marion Jordan Elementary School
- Pleasant Hill Elementary School
- Willow Bend Elementary School
- Thomas Jefferson Middle School
- Plum Grove Middle School
To apply, fill out the Free & Reduced Price Application Form or apply online at SchoolCafé:
Free & Reduced-Price Application Form (English) Free & Reduced-Price Application Form (Spanish)
SchoolCafé Online Application (Click here for SchoolCafé application instructions)
Once an application is approved, the free milk/meal or reduced-price meals will be automatically discounted in the student’s meal account. Reduced-price meals are $0.40 for lunch and $0.30 for breakfast. Students who qualify for free milk/meal or reduced-price meals are entitled to both breakfast (if available at the school) and lunch. If a student wishes to purchase a second meal or any a la carte items, the student must have cash available or money deposited in their account in advance.
Households that are approved for free or reduced-price meals are also automatically waived student fees.
*See Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) Program for a list of schools eligible for the free meal program.
Federally-funded Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) Program
Some schools in District 15 are eligible for the federally-funded Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) program.
Students at these CEP-eligibile schools will receive free meals regardless of their economic status:
- John G. Conyers Learning Academy
- Central Road School
- Gray M. Sanborn School
- Jane Addams School
- Kimball Hill School
- Lake Louise School
- Lincoln School
- Stuart R. Paddock School
- Virginia Lake School
- Winston Campus Elementary
- Carl Sandburg Middle School
- Walter R. Sundling Middle School
- Winston Campus Middle School
For students attending these CEP-schools, no other application is required to receive free meals.