150 More Newcastle Children Signed up for Free School Meals

Split vote to keep free school lunches at least another year

St. Tammany public school students will continue to receive free meals during the 2025-26 school year under a federal program that the School Board opted into at its June 15 meeting.

150 more Newcastle children signed up for free school meals

Newcastle City Council has begun automatically enrolling eligible children for free school lunches, after concerns that youngsters were missing out on what could be their only meal of the day

Newcastle auto-enrols more pupils for free school meals

The move by Newcastle City Council follows similar schemes by other authorities including Durham.