• Starting this school year in all Allegany County Public Schools, breakfast and
    lunch are free to ALL students. This is because of the Community Eligibility
    Provision (CEP), a USDA program that allows low-income schools to offer
    meals to all students at no cost and without requiring applications from
    families. Free/Reduced applications will not be distributed to households at
    the beginning of the year or throughout the school year as they are not
    needed to obtain a free meal.  


    Families can continue to use PayPams to pay for extra items (ala carte) in the
    cafeteria that are not part of the free meal offered to students.