More school students are getting access to free breakfasts and lunches through the Seamless Summer Option and Summer Food Service Program.  The programs for kindergartners through 12th graders, regardless of family income, were expanded and extended by the federal government through the end of the calendar year due to the pandemic.  The state Department of Education says 113 school districts are participating in the Seamless program, including Bethel, Brookfield, New Fairfield, New Milford and Easton, Redding, Region 9.  Some 32 districts are participating in the Summer Food Service Program.  School districts are reimbursed by the U-S Department of Agriculture.  All free meals must meet nutritional criteria.