PAGE 6A BUR~r Bt~LETtN WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2005
Burnet CISD today
announced its policy for pro-
viding free and reduced-price
meals for children served
under the National School
Lunch Program and School
Breakfast Program.
Each school and/or the
central office has a copy of
the policy, which may be
reviewed by any interested
party.
The household size and
income criteria identified
below will be used to deter-
mine eligibility for free and
reduced-price benefits.
Children from households
whose income is at or below
the levels shown are eligible
for. free or reduced-price
meals. Foster children who
are the legal responsibility of
a welfare agency or court
may also be eligible for bene-
fits regardless of the income
of the household with whom
they reside. Eligibility for
the foster child is based on
the child's income.
National school lunch
and child nutrition
programs 2005-06
Income eligibility
guidelines
Application forms are
being distributed to all
households with a letter
data. Applications may be
verified by the school offi-
cials at any time during
the school year.
For school officials to
determine eligibility for
free and reduced-price
benefits, households
receiving food stamps or
Temporary Assistance for
informing households of Needy Families (TANF)
the availability of free and only h ve to list their
reduced-price meals for
their children.
Applications are also
available at the principal's
office in each school. To
apply for free and reduced-
price meals, households
must fill out the applica-
tion and return it to the
school. Applications may
be submitted anytime dur-
ing the school year. The
information households
provide on the application
will be used for the pur-
pose of determining eligi-
bility and verification of
child's name and food
stamp or TANF case num-
ber. An adult household
member must sign the
application.
Households that do not
list a food stamp or TANF
case number must list the
names of all household
members, the amount and
source of the income
received by each house-
hold member, and the
Social Security number of
the adult household mem-
ber who signs the applica-
tion. If the adult who
signs the application does
not have a Social Security
number, the household
member must indicate
that a Social Security
number is not available by
writing the word "None".
The application must be
signed by an adult house-
hold member.
Under the provisions of
the free and reduced-price
meal policy, the Director of
Food Service will review
applications and deter-
mine eligibility. Parents
or guardians dissatisfied
with the ruling of the offi-
cial may wish to discuss
the decision with the
reviewing official on an
informal basis. Parents
wishing to make a formal
appeal for a hearing on the
decision may make a
request either orally or in
writing to the Assistant
Superintendent for Pupil
and Personnel Services,
208 E. Brier, Burnet, TX
78611, 512-756-2124.
If household member
becomes unemployed or if
the household size increas-
es, the household should
contact the school. Such
changes may make the
children of the household
eligible for benefits if the
household's income falls at
or below the levels shown
above.
The Food Service
Department has a food
serve ice accounting com-
puter system. This system
will increase efficiency
and accuracy in account-
ing which will help keep
cafeteria prices as low as
possible. It also ensures
confidentiality when serv-
ing students who receive
free/reduced priced meals.
The Food Service
Department now has an
on-line payment system @
www.burnet.txed.net
click Central Office Link -
click Food Service Link.
Prepayment will speed up
the serving lines, and
eliminate the need to
bring money to school
daily.
In accordance with fed-
eral law and U.S.
Department of Agriculture
policy, this institution is
prohibited from discrimi-
nating on the basis of race,
color, national origin, sex,
age or disability.
To file a complaint of
discrimination, write
USDA, Director, Office of
Civil Rights, Room 326-W,
Whitten Building, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW,
Washington, D.C 20250-
9410' or call 202-720-5964
(voice and TDD). USDA is
an equal opportunity
provider and employer.
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Gwen had a satisfying life.
She was happily married and
the proud parent of a daugh-
ter attending college. She
worked part-time and kept
involved in community and
church activities. Despite
her already jam-packed life,
when she read about Court
Appointed Special Advocates
(CASA) in a local newspaper,
Gwen called for more infor-
mation.
"I joined CASA because I
wanted to help children grow
up healthy, loved, safe and
knowing that somebody real-
ly cares about them,"
explains Gwen.
After completing training
and being sworn in as an offi-
cer of the Family Court,
Gwen jumped into a case
involving six children, ages 8
to 16 years old, whose mother
had died and left them in the
care of elderly relatives.
Despite efforts to keep the
children tegether, they were
ultimately separated to dif-
ferent residential and private
foster homes.
Determined to help this
large sibling group, Gwen vol-
unteered 20-30 hours of her
time each month. She attend-
ed family support and perma-
nency planning meetings
with all the service providers
and caseworkers. Gwen
sought out community
resources on her own and
identified potential mentors
and tutors. She was especial-
ly involved on the educational
front, meeting with school
administrators, teachers and
special school district repre-
sentatives.
Gwen could be spotted at
many of the children's track
meets, football games, choir
concerts and awards cere-
monies. She spent time with
the children shopping,
attending movies or sharing
ice-cream at the park because
she knew how important it
was to respect them as indi-
viduals, "just to l sten, to
watch, to be there." After four
months on the case, Gwen
had helped stabilize the chil-
dren's riving arrangements,
seeing four placed in the
same foster home and the two
oldest placed in another as
they prepared for indepen-
dent living.
Gwen has since worked on
two other cases, one ending
with the court granting legal
guardianship of the child to
an older sibling and the other
expected to end in adoption of
the two children this
November. She continues to
be a child advocate and will
soon take on a new case.
"There are too many %valking
wounded' in our society," says
Gwen. "I just want to do
what I can to prevent and, in
some instances, help heal
some of the damage caused
by abuse and/or neglect."
The CASA for the
Highland Lakes Area pro-
gram is an organization that
recruits and trains communi-
ty volunteers who are
appointed by judges to be
independent fact finders and
to speak up for the best inter-
ests of abused and neglected
children, in the Highland
Lakes Area.
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