Please take a few minutes to complete your family’s Household Income Data Form—the deadline has been extended to Oct. 18 to ensure we have 100% participation! The Form was sent to you on Sunday, September 6, through ReachMyTeach. This form matters more than ever this year. Our district worked with lawmakers in Augusta to change how Maine funds schools. The information families give on this form now counts twice in the state funding formula. If every family completes it, our schools could receive millions of dollars in additional state funding next year.

Like districts across Maine, we are working with a tight budget, and new state dollars go straight into classrooms. This is a real opportunity, and it is one place where a few minutes from each family add up to something significant for all of our students.

Three things to know:

• This is not a meal application—school meals are free for every student.
• Every family should complete it, whatever your income.
• Your information is confidential, used only to set funding for our schools and not shared outside the district and the Maine Department of Education.