Helpful Links and General Information

On the right side of this page are links to important documents that you may find helpful.

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If your financial circumstances have changed or you are having trouble affording your child's school lunch, please click the link to the meal benefit applications. This process is confidential and may actually make other benefits available to you, if you qualify. Determinations are made on income and household size.

If you have been laid off from your job, do not wait to apply. Your tax dollars fund this benefit. If you have recently brought home a new baby, adopted, or are caring for a foster child, please apply today.

If you are homeless, temporarily or otherwise, we can help put you in touch with the services you need. Contact us at 978-281-9818. You also qualify automatically for meal benefits.

The schools, in general, benefit by the submission and approval of benefit applications with improved grant funding. If you require assistance filing the form out, please let us know.

The Gloucester Public Schools provides homeless students and unaccompanied youth all of the educational services for which they are eligible, including education programs for students with disabilities, free school meals, English language services, vocational and technical education, gifted and talented services, special education, preschool and Title I services. Homeless students are entitled to transportation to their school of origin or the school in which they are to be enrolled, if required. All user fees are waived for students without a permanent place of residence.