Pendleton School District resumes meal deliveries
Published 12:00 pm Wednesday, September 2, 2020
- Christina Saxton, the kitchen manager for Sunridge Middle School, fills out paperwork between serving lunches in the Pendleton High School food truck at the CTUIR Recreation Center on Friday, March 20, 2020.
PENDLETON — The Pendleton School District is now offering grab-and-go meals again, albeit with some new rules.
Although the state is applying for a waiver, the district is no longer eligible for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Summer Food Service Program, meaning schools can no longer offer free meals to all children 18 and under.
Pendleton’s K-5 students can still get free breakfasts and lunches through the USDA’s Community Eligibility Provision, but secondary students will be required to pay for meals unless they qualify for free or reduced-cost meals.
The district is offering meal curbside pickups from noon until 1:30 p.m. at the Pendleton Early Learning Center, McKay Creek Elementary School, Sherwood Heights Elementary School, Washington Elementary School, Sunridge Middle School, Pendleton High School and the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Recreation Center.
On Sept. 8, the district will begin delivering meals to bus stops in its more rural areas: Adams at the baseball field, Cayuse at the Cayuse and River bus stop, Meacham at the post office and Rieth at the George and Main bus stop.