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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]School counselor here.  I don't always know, but appreciate being told, because I can then try to help families get items like free school pictures and free yearbooks and get free after school activities and field trips.  I would never share that info with anyone other than the financial secretary who sends the invoices.  In the course of getting to know my students, I often make educated guesses.  It can be tricky to offer help unless you are sure it would be welcomed.  The last thing I would want to do is embarrass a family.  Please apply for the free and reduced meals and ease the burden on the family. Your child will benefit from the reduced stress at home as well as the food.[/quote]

OP here.

Thank you.   This was  a hard decision for us (applying.)   We have elementary aged children and middle school aged kids. The older ones are a bit embarrassed.   The youngest elementary aged child  happens to have a teacher who is a mom--and her children are in the same class as some of my older kids--which was part of my concern of "who knows which children are on free lunch."

Right now,  in an effort to "make up" for accepting the free food, I am volunteering as much as possible.  I always made an effort to volunteer before (I am a "room mom" for one of the classes) but I am trying to do even more now.  [/quote]

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