Rapoport Academy to Serve Breakfast and Lunch at No Cost to All Enrolled Students

Posted Date: 07/29/2022

Free Meals Will Be Offered District-WideThrough the USDA’s Community Eligibility Program 

Release date: Friday, July 29, 2022

Rapoport Academy Public School will have a district-wide change to its policy for serving meals to children served under the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program for the 2022-2023 school year. 

Through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), Rapoport Academy will provide breakfast and lunch to all children at no charge and eliminate the collection of meal applications for free, reduced-price, and paid student meals. 

While the Audre and Bernard Rapoport Elementary Academy campus and the Quinn Middle School campus have participated in this program since the 2019-2020 school year, Rapoport Academy qualified to operate CEP district-wide adding the Paul and Jane Meyer Public High School campus to the program.

This new approach reduces burdens for both families and school administrators and helps ensure that students receive nutritious meals.

For additional information please contact the following person:
Donna Byrd, PEIMS/NSLP Coordinator
600 Austin Avenue, Suite 22, Waco, TX 76701
254-754-8000 ext. 2011

In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity. Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/USDA-OASCR%20P-Complaint-Form-0508-0002-508-11-28-17Fax2Mail.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by: : (1) mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; (2) fax: (202) 690-7442; or (3) email: program.intake@usda.gov. This institution is an equal opportunity provider.