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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bumping this because I just did some research and I thought I would share the relevant links with the DCUM community.

In summary: a DCPS school is currently listed as 99% FARMS if it chooses to offer free breakfast and lunches using the Community Eligibility Option of the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs. To be eligible it needs to have a certain % of low-income students, and the threshold seems to be of having :
[quote][at least 40% of] “identified students”- those certified without application for free school meals because they are in foster care or Head Start, are homeless, migrant or living in households that receive SNAP/Food Stamps, TANF cash assistance or the Food Distribution on Indian Reservation benefits. "[/quote]
[url]http://frac.org/federal-foodnutrition-programs/national-school-lunch-program/community-eligibility/ [/url]

So a school listing 80% FARMS may have more FARMS eligible students than another listing 99% FARMS, but has chosen to not go with the Community Eligibility Option, which would have allowed it and families to be rid of all the corresponding paperwork. I would be interested in hearing what the advantages are of not using the Community Eligibility Option when a school qualifies, and it's my understanding that any school with over 40% low-income students qualifies, so any school with over 40% FARMS would too.

[url]http://greatergreatereducation.org/post/22378/why-are-so-many-dcps-schools-listed-as-99-low-income-its-not-necessarily-because-they-are/[/url]
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Can't be right. Says my school is around 40% FARMS when the DCPS profile says 70% (and just looking around the school, no way is it only 40%. ).

Go the DCPS Interactive Data Center www.dcpsdatacenter.com

On the "How Does Your School Compare" tab, you can get the actual Free and Reduced Meal Eligible percentage.  [/quote][/quote]

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