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Free lunch program participation shows rising poverty levels

Number and percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2013-14 school year: Danbury: 4,975 46.2% New Milford: 892 19.9% Bethel: 555 18.6% New Fairfield: 281 10.3% Newtown: 281 5.8% Ridgefield: 157 3.0% State total: 163,125 37.1% Source: Connecticut Department of Education If a recent national report is to be believed, a majority of America's public school children now live in poverty. Fifty-one percent of public school students qualified for free or reduced-price lunches under the National School Lunch Program in 2013, according to a report by the Southern Education Foundation , which analyzed data from the National Center for Education Statistics .



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