I work with PII - the guidelines are you only collect / share the data that you need.

Since this was a generic email - they did not need my name and address.
Since my child does not attend a Title 1 school, they actually should not have had my data at all.

I had assumed we were getting the Titan email because my child was at a Title I last year and moved to a non Title I/CES school this year. They said technically she could have free lunch even at the new school until October 1? But we don’t need free lunch nor does my kid actually like school lunch, so I’ve been ignoring it.

It’s sad though that the database clearly has includes kids who never got free meals at all, which seems like it shouldn’t.

DC managing quality vendors -
@Washington Post can you look into this?

I got two of them... even though we have 3 kids at the same school. Presumably 1 or 3 must be the expected number? All of them were addressed to "Dear Parent or Guardian of [Last Name]," which was also weird.

Anonymous wrote:I hate that this organization has out PII.

I have limited trust that their systems are robust enough to protect it.

We are in a non-Title I WOTP school and also got the email. No one is offering my children any free meals. Who are these people and why do they know where I live?

The question is why did everyone get this email even if our kids’ schools aren’t on the list? I’m a bit concerned that a vendor I’ve never used has our info.

Here's the list of community eligibility schools. Somewhat shocking to me that DCPS's form letter could not manage to share this list, but here we are.

https://dcps.dc.gov/page/community-eligibility-provision-cep-schools

I hate that this organization has out PII.

I have limited trust that their systems are robust enough to protect it.

Anonymous wrote:Our school is not Title 1 and we got it too.

We are at a WOTP school and we got the email as well. I assume it’s a mistake

Anonymous wrote:Our school is not Title 1 and we got it too.

Post-COVID, CEP has a lower threshold than it used to, so there are ~8 non-T1 schools that get free lunch. Started last year. I know Bancroft and LT are among them.

If your child is at a private placement do they also get free breakfast and lunch?

Just tell your kid to eat lunch and not ask too many questions

Our school is not Title 1 and we got it too.

No action needed. I got the same email with a lack of a school name. However, my student goes to McKinley Tech and I know they are a Title 1 school. The community provision just means that all students will be able to have free lunch and breakfast regardless of their family income level.

I received an email "DCPS Notification of Community Eligible Provision"
The DCPS contact # has a full mailbox
The information was communicated through a pdf that was undated and not clear and had placeholder content.

Does anyone know what this is about? What action you need to take?