Despite being accepted for a free lunch program after an initial evaluation in June, the Wright City R-II School District has since determined it will not be eligible.Preliminary figures indicated R-II would qualify for Community Eligibility Program or CEP, which would have provided free lunch for every student in the Wright City West Elementary building over the next four years.Data indicated that the building met the required 40 percent mark for students being part of (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) SNAP, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), in foster care or homeless during the 2016-17 school year.However, further evaluation by the district discovered that nine students were misreported as being recipients of TANF.With the new data, the building fell to 39 percent of students included in those assistance areas, deeming it ineligible.Superintendent Dr. David Buck said the preliminary numbers came from the state, but the final tally relies on the school doing a detailed check of the figures.“As we reconciled the numbers we had nine kids who should not have been included as receiving government assistance,” said Buck. “It’s accurate, and we want to be transparent and accurate.”This is the second time the district has recently fallen just short of qualifying, as Wright City East Elementary needed just one more student receiving government assistance prior to last school year to be eligible.“We’re close to meeting those requirements, so obviously there is a need,” said Buck. “We’re going to continue monitoring the numbers. Our hope is that either the buildings would qualify or our economic situation would improve enough that fewer students would need government assistance.”Buck said the district had not yet informed the parents about the initial qualification, although the information had been made public. He says staff and board members have been informed as of Tuesday and that parents will receive notification of the ineligibility later this week.Buck said over 50 percent of the students at Wright City West Elementary are eligible for free and reduced lunch, with approximately 80 percent of that group receiving free lunch.School Lunch