Students from families with incomes at or below 130% of the federal poverty level are eligible for free meals.įor 2014, a family of two needs to make an annual income below $20,449 to be eligible for free meals or below $29,100 for reduced price meals.Ī family of four needs to make an annual income below $31,005 for free meals or $44,122 for reduced price meals. of 20 elementary school students and 6 adults at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut in 2012. Schools may not charge more than 40¢ for reduced-price lunches, nor more than 30¢ for reduced-price breakfasts. Families with incomes between 130%Īnd 185% of the federal poverty level are eligible for reduced price meals. Students at a participating school may purchase a meal through the National School Lunch Program. The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting occurred on 14 December 2012, when 20-year-old Adam Lanza fatally shot his mother, Nancy Lanza with a firearm and. 1, 2 The Newtown shooting was immediately labeled as a. The small town of Newtown, Conn., was rocked last Friday morning when 20-year-old Adam Lanza broke into Sandy Hook Elementary School and opened fire, killing 20 students and six staff members. Sandy Hook stands out because of the large number of deaths in a single incident the nihilistic nature of this intentional, premeditated act and the characteristics of the victims: young, innocent, defenseless children and the heroic teachers and school staff who died shielding them.
This may indicate that the area has a lower level of poverty than the state average. Sandy Hook Rampage Shooting: Rare and Extreme Event. The percentage of Sandy Hook Elementary School students on free and reduced lunch assistance ( 7.1%) is significantly lower than the state average of 41.1%. Out of 665 ranked schools in Connecticut, Sandy Hook Elementary School is ranked 563rd for total students on lunch assistance.
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