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At New York City Public Schools, we serve delicious food year-round. Our summer meals program is free and available to all New Yorkers ages 18 and under. There’s no paperwork, sign-up, or ID required. Students can enjoy tasty and nutritious breakfast and lunch options such as cinnamon burst pancakes, white bean and pasta primavera, soft turkey tacos, and summer squash.
Here are some important details: Summer meals service begins on June 27 and continues through August 30. Breakfast is offered from 8:00-9:15, and lunch runs from 11:00-1:15. Meals are served Mondays through Fridays, with the exception of July 4-5. Summer meals are available at approximately 500 locations citywide, including select schools, parks, libraries, and community pools (which provide meal service on weekends as well). To find the location nearest you, call 311, visit our summer meals webpage, or, starting June 27, text “NYCFOOD” or “NYCCOMIDA” to 304-304. The summer meals location nearest to Booker T. is at PS 185, 20 West 112th Street, serving breakfast from 8:00 - 9:15am and lunch from 11:00am - 1:15pm. More information is at the Summer Meals Webpage DOES YOUR STUDENT NEED A REMOTE LEARNING DEVICE?
If your student needs a DOE-provided iPad for use at home, please fill in a Student Device Loan Agreement Form and have your student submit it to their homeroom teacher. Note that centrally-issued devices may be kept by the students through high school, if they attend a NYC public school. Note that the DOE is no longer funding cellular data service (LTE) for student devices. DO YOU HAVE A DEVICE BUT DON'T HAVE WI-FI AT HOME? NYC's Office of Technology and Innovation officially launched Big Apple Connect to ensure that NYCHA residents have access to free, fast, reliable, and safe internet. NYCHA residents without existing home internet will be able to sign up for Big Apple Connect with either Optimum or Spectrum (service provider will depend on where you live). Existing Optimum and Spectrum customers will have their bills reduced to as low as $0, as monthly internet and basic cable TV charges are eliminated. Learn more about this program. Other options: All families with a student enrolled in a DOE school or program are eligible for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), which offers monthly discounts up to $30 on internet bills, and a one-time device discount up to $100 with participating providers. The Affordable Connectivity Program is ending in May 2024 due to a lack of federal funding. Read more about the end of the ACP. There are several other free or low-cost internet options available to New York City students and families. Free Internet Locations in NYC There are many places across the city where you can go to connect to internet for free. Locations include:
The following internet plans are available to eligible participants. Eligibility varies by provider. Contact the provider for more information. (Pricing indicated may have changed since this was posted.) Altice (also known as Optimum) Altice offers Altice Advantage, a plan that starts at $14.99/month. To qualify, you must be:
Charter offers Spectrum Internet Assist, a plan that starts at $14.99/month. To qualify, one or more members of your household must be a recipient of one of the following assistance programs:
Verizon offers the Lifeline program, a plan that starts at $19.99/month. To qualify:
Wi-Fi Hotspots for Existing Cable Customers As an extension of their internet service, the providers listed below enable each other's high-speed internet customers to access up to 500,000 nationwide WiFi hotspots through the network name CableWiFi:
NEED HELP WITH TECHNOLOGY?
If you or your student needs help or guidance with technology, student email addresses or accessing grades, please let us know using the MS 54 Technology Help Form. This form may also be used to request a remote learning device (iPad) for student use at home. NEW YORK CITY SCHOOL BUS APPFamilies with students who ride a NYC school bus to and from Booker T: There is now a New York City School Bus App, available citywide. Families can use the app to see where their student’s bus is on their route with real-time updates, so families can rest assured their child is reaching their destination in a safe and timely manner. This user-friendly application is now available on the Apple store and the Google Play store.
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