Free Meal Ticket Expiring At 4 Vernon Schools

VERNON, CT — Four schools in the Vernon system will be returning to paid meals beginning Aug. 31.

The schools are:

• Center Road School
• Lake Street School
• Vernon Center Middle School
• Rockville High School

Students in those school will have to return to paying status unless they qualify for the free and reduced program, officials said. All students at Maple Street, Northeast and Skinner Road schools receive free and reduced meals.

The move comes as a state grant that paid for meals for all schools expires.

Gov. Ned Lamont in February announced that an additional $60 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act money had been allocated to the Connecticut Department of Education for the Free School Meals for Children Grant.

Vernon's share paid for the remainder of the 2022-23 school year.