GWINN AREA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
(906) 346-9283
MICHAEL R. MAINO BOARD OF EDUCATION
Superintendent
WALTER J. MAKI, President
AMY LUOMA RONALD J. LIBEY, Vice President
Business Manager GLORIA BIGELOW, Secretary
MICHELLE DOLBY, Treasurer
KRISTEN PETERSON RUTH SPADE, Trustee
Special Education Coordinator JULIE SHAW, Trustee
CYNTHIA FILIZETTI, Trustee
BRENDA KURIAN
Supervisor of Operations
Gwinn Area Community
Schools Superintendent, Michael R. Maino, announced today that all Gwinn
students in kindergarten through 6th grade will now receive free
breakfast and free lunch, courtesy of the Federal Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act
of 2010. Under the Act, the Community
Eligibility Option (CEO) authorizes free meals for all students in any local
school building that has a percentage of directly certified students (Free and
Reduced) of 40% or more. The CEO
provides schools that participate in the National School Lunch Program with an
alternative method for counting and claiming student meals in buildings with
high Free & Reduced percentages.
Michigan was one of three
states selected to operate the CEO for 2011-12.
The Gwinn School District
applied to the Michigan Department of Education for the CEO and received
notification that all students at George D. Gilbert Elementary School and KI
Sawyer Elementary School qualify for the program. According to Maino, “there is no question
that a good breakfast and good lunch make it easier for children to concentrate
on school activities each day. This
program will make it easier, from an economic standpoint, for parents to assure
their children get those good meals every day.”