After two years of free school lunches thanks to a federal pandemic-related aid program, students in the Haines Borough School District will once again have to pay for food at school – or apply for free and reduced-price lunches based on household income.
On June 25, Congress passed the Keep Kids Fed Act, which extended universal meal waivers through Sept. 30. Haines has never provided meals during the summer, according to school officials, so the…