Free lunch for thousands of HISD students, regardless of income

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