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The Poplar Standard
Poplar, Roosevelt County, Montana
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Wolf Point's hot lunch program for indigent Indian children discontinued after federal emergency funds ran out this week. Local officials contacted Department of Public Instruction and seek review from Department of Interior. Program stopped Monday due to high tax-free land and mill levy burdens.
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Wolf Point's hot lunch program received a blow this week as special federal emergency funds to provide free lunches to indigent Indian children ran out.
Local officials contacted Department of Public Instruction representatives and were assured all possible was being done to have cases of fund cuts at Wolf Point and Browning reviewed by the Department of Interior.
Without federal assistance Wolf Point officials were forced to discontinue the program. Wolf Point's District 45 contains over 57 per cent tax free land and is burdened with the highest school mill levy on the reservation. Lack of funds forced stoppage of free lunches Monday and parents of children under the program were notified by school authorities.
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Primary Location
Wolf Point
Event Date
This Week, Monday
Outcome
program discontinued; parents notified
Event Details
Special federal emergency funds for free lunches to indigent Indian children ran out, forcing Wolf Point officials to stop the program. District 45 has over 57 per cent tax-free land and highest school mill levy on reservation. Officials contacted Department of Public Instruction; cases at Wolf Point and Browning to be reviewed by Department of Interior.