Fort Worth ISD offers free dinner to students in new program for 2024-25 school year
Students in the Fort Worth Independent School District will have an opportunity to have a free “dinner” at school through a new program launching this year.
The district announced on Monday a new partnership with Sodexo, which supplies healthy food to children in need through various programs, that makes the free dinners accessible to students at all campuses offering an after-school enrichment program in the 2024-25 school year. The meals will be available to students who are present at the campuses each day, even if they are not enrolled in the after-school activities, according to officials. The dinner options will include grains, a meat or meat alternative, fruits, vegetables and dairy components.
The first day of school for Fort Worth ISD is Aug. 13.
“We are looking forward to an exciting year of positively impacting the lives of our students every day,” Executive Director of Child Nutrition Services Pamela Watson said in a news release. “Our partnership with Sodexo embodies the spirit of collaboration with the goal of creating a thriving learning environment.”
The partnership marks the district’s distribution of three meals a day to students, as the district will continue providing free breakfast and lunch when school returns.
“We are excited about the opportunities this partnership with Sodexo provides. We know that nutrition is an integral part of the learning process, and we are committed to ensuring that our students have access to healthy menu options that taste great for breakfast, lunch, and dinner,” Deputy Superintendent Kellie Spencer said in the release.
Here are the campuses participating in the free dinner program:
Elementary schools
Harlean Beal ES
Edward J. Briscoe ES
Carter Park ES
George C. Clarke ES
Leadership Academy at Como Elementary
Alice D. Contreras ES
E.M. Daggett ES
Daggett Montessori
Clifford Davis ES
De Zavala ES
Diamond Hill ES
S.S. Dillow ES
East Handley ES
Eastern Hills ES
Bill J. Elliott ES
Glen Park ES
W.M. Green ES
Greenbriar ES
Natha Howell ES
Hubbard Heights ES
Dolores Huerta ES
Manuel Jara ES
Milton L. Kirkpatrick ES
Leadership Academy at Maude I. Logan
Lowery Road ES
D. McRae ES
Meadowbrook ES
Rufino Mendoza ES
Luella Merrett ES
Leadership Academy at Mitchell Boulevard
M.H. Moore ES
Morningside ES
Christene C. Moss ES
Charles E. Nash ES
Oakhurst ES
Oaklawn ES
A.M. Pate ES
Carroll Peak ES
Mary Louise Phillips ES
Riverside ALC
Sam Rosen ES
Sagamore Hill ES
Seminary Hills Park ES
T.A. Sims ES
South Hi Mount ES
Sunrise-McMillan ES
W.J. Turner ES
Van Zandt-Guinn ES
Maudrie M. Walton ES
Washington Heights ES
West Handley ES
Westcreek ES
Western Hills ES
Western Hills Primary ES
LA at John T. White
Versia L. Williams ES
Richard J. Wilson ES
Middle schools
Applied Learning Academy
Daggett MS
J.P. Elder MS
Leadership Academy at Forest Oak Middle
J. Martin Jacquet MS
William James MS
Kirkpatrick MS
Leonard MS
W.A. Meacham MS
Meadowbrook MS
Riverside MS
Rosemont MS
W.C. Stripling MS
Wedgwood MS
World Languages Institute
Benbrook MS
High schools
Carter Riverside HS
Paschal HS
Dunbar HS
Eastern Hills HS
North Side HS
South Hills HS
Southwest HS
Western Hills HS
O.D. Wyatt HS
Diamond Hill Jarvis HS
Trimble Tech HS
Polytechnic HS
Young Men’s Leadership Academy
Young Women’s Leadership Academy
