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Get It and Go Meals for students with 100% Remote Learning

Get It & Go Meals for KPBSD Students Begin Monday, August 24, 2020

Students who receive their education via 100% Remote Learning, OR
if schools shift to 100% Remote Learning during COVID19 High Risk, can order Get It & Go Meals

Sign-up online by Friday at noon each week

Point the camera on your phone to this QR code to open the sign up form immediately

Action: complete the simple online sign-up for lunch and breakfast meals. If you do not have access to the internet, call KPBSD Student Nutrition Services at 907-714-8890.

100% Remote Learning Students pickup is once a week: Wednesday from 10:00-10:30 AM

When a school is in HIGH RISK status, all students shift to 100% Remote Learning, and student meal pickup is every day, from 12:00-1:00 PM
Children must be currently enrolled in KPBSD through either 100% Remote Learning or Onsite at School Learning to be eligible for Get-It & Go meals. Connections Homeschool students are not eligible for meals.


Get-It & Go Meals at 29 Schools

  • Small across the water schools: Nanwalek School, Port Graham School, Tebughna School
  • Eastern Peninsula: Moose Pass School, Seward Elementary, Seward Middle School, Seward High School
  • Kenai Area: Kaleidoscope School of Arts and Science, Kenai Alternative School, Kenai Central High School, Kenai Middle School, Mountain View Elementary
  • Nikiski Area: Nikiski Middle-High School, Nikiski North Star Elementary
  • Soldotna Area: K-Beach Elementary, Redoubt Elementary, Soldotna High School, Skyview Middle School, Soldotna Elementary, Tustumena Elementary
  • Sterling Area: Sterling Elementary School
  • Southern Peninsula: Chapman School, Homer High School, Homer Middle School, McNeil Canyon School, Nikolaevsk School, Ninilchik School, Paul Banks Elementary, West Homer Elementary

Pickup is curbside at the school this fall. If the student is not present, please have the student ID to present at the pickup location. We apologize that no special dietary substitutions will be accommodated. When you pick up your meals, protect your personal health and the people near you by frequent hand-washing, wearing cloth face coverings, and keeping a distance of 6 feet or more between yourself and others.

If you have questions, or do not have internet access to complete the weekly online signup, call KPBSD Student Nutrition Services, 907-714-8890, or email dbuchanan@KPBSD.org.

Details:

100% Remote Learning Students – Weekly Meal Pickup

  • Once a week pickup is Wednesday, between 10:00-10:30 AM
    if the school shifts to High Risk, meal pickup changes to daily delivery from 12:00 – 1:00
  • You must order meals before 12:00 noon, on the Friday before week of pickup (This is a firm cutoff time)
  • Pickup location is curbside in front of the school
    Seward schools will pickup at the top of Sea Lion Drive, on the Seward Middle School side
  • People may order up to a maximum of five lunches and five breakfasts for each enrolled student
    No breakfast meals are provided at K-Beach Elementary, Kaleidoscope School of Arts & Science, or Kenai Alternative School
  • Meals will be charged to student account based on their meal determination of Free, Reduced, or Paid
  • Meals are only available for KPBSD students enrolled in a brick and mortar school. Connections Homeschool is not eligible, nor are student family members
  • Charging for meals will only be allowed if parent has signed the Opt-In form to charge meals, and the maximum is two days of meals. Charges must be paid back before subsequent meals will be distributed
  • Preorder form must be completed every week by noon on Friday, for the following week
  • Parents must notify the pickup kitchen at their school if they will cancel the order once it has been placed

During High Risk (Red) Status
Daily meal pickup from 12:00-1:00 PM is available for all onsite learners who shifted to 100% Remote Learning due to High Risk at their school, and for students who are already 100% Remote Learners

  • Daily Curbside pickup at schools during high risk school status is between 12:00-1:00 PM
  • Meal orders must be made online before 12:00 noon, on the Friday before week of pickup (This is a firm cutoff time)
  • Pickup location is curbside in front of the school
    Seward schools will pickup at the top of Sea Lion Drive, on the Seward Middle School side
  • People may order up to a maximum of five lunches and five breakfasts for each enrolled student but will be a daily pickup unless requested by parent on first day of pickup
    No breakfast meals are provided at K-Beach Elementary, Kaleidoscope School of Arts & Science, or Kenai Alternative School.
  • Meals are Free to enrolled students during high risk school status (family members and Connections Homeschool are not eligible.)
  • Preorder form must be completed every week by noon on Friday, for the following week
  • Parents must notify the pickup kitchen at their school if they will cancel the order once it has been placed

Signup tips http://mealapp.kpbsd.org/preorder

  • When you complete the online order form, you will see a drop down menu of schools enrolled for Get It & Go meals
  • You will then choose the location for pickup 
  • The form will automatically take you to the correct page for your order depending upon the school Risk Level
    • High Risk Schools have daily pickup from 12:00-1:00 PM
    • Low-Medium Risk School pickup is once-a-week on Wednesday from 10:00-10:30 AM
  • If a school is in High Risk (Red) status, meals are free

Order online at http://mealapp.kpbsd.org/preorder

News Release: KPBSD Student Nutrition Services (SNS) Updates

SNS will serve meals onsite, plus Get-it and Go
new! streamlined online application process for free or reduced meals

Soldotna, August 4, 2020—The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District will provide meals to students who attend school onsite, and to everyone who chooses 100% remote learning with their KPBSD school.* New! A streamlined online application for Free and Reduced Meals to determine benefits and qualify communities for federal funds is now live.

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District 2020-2021 Meal Prices

Breakfast

  • Students approved for Free and Reduced meals: $.00
  • Grades K-12: $2.00

Lunch

  • Students approved for Free meals: $.00
  • Students approved for reduced meals: $.40
  • Grades K-6: $3.00
  • Grades 7-12: $3.50

The Community Eligible Program (CEP) qualifies every student in the school to receive free meals. KPBSD CEP schools are: Homer Flex School; Nanwalek School; Nikolaevsk School; Port Graham School; Tebughna School

New! Two key changes in the 2020-2021 school year:

Online Application: Parents or guardians must reapply each year for free or reduced meal benefits

This year, all applications will be accepted online through the new state portal at http://mealapp.kpbsd.org. If someone does not have access to the internet, each school will have a few paper applications in the school office.

Meal benefits from the 2019-2020 school year will carry over until October 5, 2020, but a new application must be received by KPBSD Student Nutrition Services by then, or the student will revert to a paid meal status.

Opt-In form required to charge meals up to two days of meals

Students will not be permitted to charge any meals this year until parents or guardians have signed an Opt-In form for their child. The Opt-In is included in the online packet, and SNS needs a form completed for each student that a parent gives permission to charge. When completed, students will be allowed to charge up to two days of meals, and no further charges will be allowed until the amount is paid back.

*Get It and Go Meals will be provided to families who choose 100% Remote Learning with their KPBSD School, and available for pickup once a week at the school. If a KPBSD school shifts to high COVID19 risk and becomes 100% Remote, then those students will also be able to receive Get It and Go Meals, similar to spring 2020. Meal charges will be applied to the students account according to their Free, Reduced, or Paid status. Homeschool students are not eligible for Get It and Go Meals.

In 1965, federal funds were established through the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) to ensure that all children have a fair and equal opportunity to education. KPBSD has developed programs to support struggling learners all around the district, and various forms are included in school registration packets each year to help identify qualifying students and families. Completion of the Free and Reduced Meal application–even by families who do not want to use free or reduced price meals–is important to the continuation of these federally funded programs. Federal funding is based on qualified applications.

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