33 HISD campuses no longer participating in free lunch program

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Tuesday, June 2, 2026 3:39PM
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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Over 30 Houston ISD campuses will no longer automatically serve free breakfast and lunch to students in the upcoming school year, HISD announced.

The Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) is a federal program that provides free meals at schools with a large enrollment of low-income families.

This past school year, only seven schools were part of the program.

HISD released the following list of schools that will not participate in the CEP in the upcoming school year:

  • Baker Montessori
  • Briarmeadow Charter School
  • Bush Elementary School
  • Condit Elementary School
  • Harvard Elementary School
  • Helms Elementary School
  • Horn Elementary School
  • Kolter Elementary School
  • Mandarin Immersion Magnet School
  • Oak Forest Elementary School
  • Poe Elementary School
  • River Oaks Elementary School
  • Roberts Elementary School
  • Sinclair Elementary School
  • Travis Elementary School
  • Twain Elementary School
  • West University Elementary School
  • Wharton Elementary School

  • Hogg Middle School
  • Lanier Middle School
  • Pin Oak Middle School
  • TH Rogers Middle School

  • Bellaire High School
  • Carnegie Vanguard High School
  • Challenge High School
  • DeBakey High School for Health Professions
  • Energy Institute High School
  • Heights High School
  • Houston Academy for International Studies
  • Kinder HSPVA
  • Lamar High School
  • Waltrip High School
  • Westside High School

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