Claremont among NH districts worried pandemic enrollment dip will hurt state funding
Modified: 1/23/2021 10:33:55 PM
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CLAREMONT — Two top officials from Claremont have signed a letter from mayors and school leaders around New Hampshire aimed at ensuring public schools don’t face a major funding shortfall because of fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.
School districts across the country have received funding to provide free meals to all students during the pandemic. As a result, far fewer families have filled out eligibility paperwork for the federal free and reduced-price lunch program. But the percentage of eligible students is used as a factor for determining other kinds of aid.