Discussion
So for the 327 children in this parish it would only cost £752.10 per week.
When the fsm voucher scheme was in operation (started lock down and then carried on in school summer holidays) it was worth £15 per child per week rather than £11.50 per week which is what I understand the government normally pays out to schools for each child qualifying for fsm. See below for explanation as to the £3.50 per week per child difference between fsm voucher and meal had at ...
So the average price of a School meal is £2 at DCC a meal deal is £2.30 so just give the parents a food voucher for £11.50 per week and problem solved.
https://www.dawlish.devon.sch.uk/assets/Uploads/Copy-of-2019-Price-List-Poster2.pdf
Specialist Rescue Crews from Exmouth were quickly mobilised, along with two fire engines which came from Dawlish and Exeter. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/article.cfm?id=119789&headline=Man%20rescued%20from%20estuary%20mud%20at%20Starcross§ionIs=news&searchyear=2020
Proposal to call on Devon County Council to provide free school meals over the Christmas holidays. https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/article.cfm?id=119785&headline=Proposal%20to%20call%20on%20Devon%20County%20Council%20to%20provide%20free%20school%20meals%20over%20Christmas%20holidays§ionIs=news&searchyear=2020
This echoes the complaints on Facebook over the past week from local people about mask-less shoppers being let into Sainsbury's in groups and not being challenged about their behaviour by staff or security. I stopped going to Sainsbury's earlier in the year because of concerns like this.
The family of four were shopping for Halloween decorations for their caravan The adults and teenagers were laughing and joking as they handled items in the Halloween aisle at Sainsbury's in Dawlish. They were talking in Northern accents about decorating their holiday caravan. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/dawlish-shopper-complains-sainsburys-over-4651700
A patient at a mental health hospital took their own life after a Covid-19 isolation area created "blind spots" on a ward, a report has found. A Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection of Langdon Hospital in Dawlish, Devon, found safety and staffing concerns. Read more... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-54733664
@ 1.10.20 there were (are) a total of 327 children claiming free schools meals attending schools located within the parish of Dawlish (source: email correspondence with Devon County Council)