Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton

Tulsa World Reporter

Stephen Pingry

Tulsa World Photojournalist

About a month into the school year, several Tulsa-area districts said they are seeing brisk response rates from families on free and reduced-price school meal applications.

“Our numbers are looking really good this year,” Union Public Schools Director of Child Nutrition Bradyn Powell said. “We don’t finalize those until October, but our percentage of students qualifying for free and reduced is higher than last year.”

The U.S. Department of Agriculture authorizes eligibility for free school meals if a child’s family’s income is up to 130% of the federal poverty line or for reduced-price school meals if the family’s income is up to 185% of the federal poverty line.

Effective July 1 , for a family of

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