HOUSTON (KTRK) -- As students return to class for a new school year, thousands of kids at several HISD schools will notice a big change - free lunch.
The district is now offering free lunch at 166 campuses in the 2014-15 school year, regardless of family income - no applications required. The free meals are part of the growth of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010.
HISD schools included in the free-lunch program for 2014-2015 are:
Elementary Schools:
Alcott
Almeda
Anderson
Atherton
Barrick
Bastian
Bellfort
Benavidez
Berry
Blackshear
Bonham
Bonner
Braeburn
Briscoe
Brookline
Browning
Bruce
Burbank
Burnet
Burrus
Cage
Carrillo
Codwell
Cook
Coop
Crespo
Crockett
Cunningham
Davila
Dechaumes
Dogan
Durkee
Eliot
Elmore
Elrod
Emerson
Farias Early Childhood
Foerster
Fondren
Fonwood
Foster
Franklin
Frost Gallegos
Garcia
Golfcrest
Gregg
Grissom
Gross
Halpin
Harper Alternative
Harris, J.R.
Harris, R.P.
Hartsfield
Helms
Henderson, J.P.
Henderson, N.Q.
Herrera
Highland Heights
Hilliard
Hobby
Inspired for Excellence West
Isaacs
Janowski
Jefferson
Kandy Stripe Academy
Kashmere Gardens
Kelso
Kennedy
Ketelsen
Laurenzo Early Childhood
Law
Lewis
Lockhart
Looscan
MacGregor
Mading
Marshall
Martinez, C.
Martinez, R.
McGowan
McNamara
Milne
Mistral Early Childhood
Mitchell
Montgomery
Moreno
Neff
Neff Early Childhood Center
Northline
Osborne
Paige
Peck
Petersen
Pilgrim Academy
Piney Point
Pleasantville
Port of Houston
Pugh
Reagan
Reynolds
Robinson
Rodriguez
Ross
Rusk
Sanchez
Scarborough
Scroggins
Seguin
Shadydale
Shearn
Sherman
Smith
Southmayd
Stevens
Sutton
Thompson
Tijerina
Tinsley
TSU Charter Lab
Valley West
Wesley
Whidby
White
Windsor Village
Woodson
Young
Young Scholars
Middle Schools:
Attucks
Burbank
Cullen
Deady
Dowling
Fleming
Fondren
Fonville
Forest Brook
Gregory-Lincoln
Hartman
Henry
Hogg
Holland
Jackson
Key
Marshall
McReynolds
Ortiz
Stevenson
Sugar Grove Academy
Thomas
Welch
Williams
High Schools:
Beechnut Academy
Furr
Hope Academy
High School Ahead Academy
Jones
Kashmere
Lee
Milby
North Forest
Sterling
Washington
Wheatley
Worthing
Yates