NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — We are less than a month away from the first in person enrollment date for parents in Hutchinson USD 308.
"We will have options for parents to enroll their students this year," said spokesperson Marissa Meis. "There will be an online option and an in person option for those parents who are new coming in."
The online enrollment link will be live around the second week of July.
"In person will be July 28 for elementary," Meis said. "Middle school and high school will be August 2."
It will be important for all parents to fill out the federal free and reduced lunch form this year, as Congress did not extend federal school meal waivers and school meals will no longer be available to all students free of charge effective at the start of School Year 2022-23.
"Last year, there was a different form that needed to be filled out," Meis said. "This year, parents are going to need to fill out the free and reduced lunch form. Even if you don't know if you qualify, or you have questions about the qualifications, it's still really important to fill those out, because it not only helps your family, but it also helps the community. It helps with things like discounts on internet access, sports, college application fees up at the high school level. Filling that out could even help with ACT fees, but it also helps with school funding, student programs, increased technology funding, things like that. It's not just a meal application. It's so much more."
Local school boards are required to set and approve student and adult meal prices annually.