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Free breakfast and lunch for ALL students for 2025-2026 school year
YES Prep Public Schools participate in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP). This provision is to improve access to free school meals for students and to eliminate the need to collecting household applications.
YES Prep is proud to provide all students FREE meals for our 24 YES Prep schools. For the 2025-2026 school year, students that attend the following schools do not need to complete a lunch application.
Elementary schools
- Airline
- East End
- North Central
- North Forest
- Southeast
- Southside
- North Rankin
- Southwest Oaks
- Hobby
Secondary schools
- East End
- Fifth Ward
- Gulfton
- Hobby
- North Central
- North Forest
- Northline
- Northside
- Northwest
- Southeast
- Southside
- Southwest
- West
- White Oak
- Brays Oaks
White Oak Elementary & Brays Oaks Elementary
Students will also have FREE breakfast and lunch, however parents need to fill out lunch applications for the 2025-2026 school year
In order to continue offering FREE meals, household applications for 2025-2026 school year must be completed for students attending White Oak Elementary and Brays Oaks Elementary. Applications for free and reduced-price meals may be submitted online through School Cafe.
For any questions on adding funds to your account, please contact ChildNutrition@yesprep.org.
Starting July 1, 2025, you can click the School Cafe button below to submit your application. Instructions are provided as PDF files. Paper applications are also available below.
.iNSTRUCTIONS TO APPLY TO SCHOOL CAFE INTRUCCIONES PARA APLICAR A SCHOOL CAFE
Paper applications are also available below:
We will start accepting lunch applications on July 1, 2025. Once an application is submitted, please allow up to 10 business days to process.
Households must re-apply every year and can submit a new application at any time if income or household status changes. In addition, if the household is receiving SNAP/TANF, it is encouraged to resubmit the household application.
Eligibility is valid for one year plus 30 days into the new school year.
School Cafe
Funds may be added to each students' School Cafe account throughout the year through School Cafe. These funds can be used for meal purchases. Account will be linked through their ID number and will only be allowed to be used by that student.
Dietary Accommodations
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