Free lunch in Binghamton - and breakfast, too: Program provides meals to eligible elementary school students

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by Jennifer Micale

BINGHAMTON - Sometimes, there really is a free lunch — and a free breakfast, too — at least if you’re a Binghamton elementary school student.

The city’s seven elementary schools are part of a pilot program by the state Education Department that enables schools in high-poverty areas to serve all children breakfast and lunch at no charge for four years.

Other districts participating in the Education Department’s Community Eligibility Option include Albany, Syracuse, Jamestown, Niagara Falls, Hempstead and Rochester.

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