Regional School Unit 19

Important Message from RSU 19 Food Services MEAL DELIVERY SCHEDULE CHANGE WEEK OF NOV. 23 – 27, 2020 The Thanksgiving Holiday week will see a schedule change for all home deliveries. All families that receive home delivered meals on Monday and Wednesday will see their delivery on TUESDAY NOV 24th ONLY. IF you will not be at home on Tuesday NOV 24th to receive your delivery, PLEASE INFORM US by Monday Nov 23rd so that we do not prepare meals and send them to you. Any family that wants to pick up their meals on Tuesday NOV 24th instead is more than welcome to do so. PLEASE INFORM US so we can have them ready for you. You can contact us at 355-3613 or by email at dleighton@rsu19.net Thank you Have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving from the RSU19 Food Service Staff

School will be back in session on Monday, November 23, 2020, for students in grades 5 - 12 at Nokomis Regional High/Middle School.

This is an important message from RSU 19 Please read the following news post dated 11/19/2020 https://www.rsu19.org/article/352464

This is an important message from RSU 19 Good morning, We want to inform you that grades 5-12 will be remote learning on Thursday and Friday of this week, November 19th and 20th. This is due to an abundance of caution, based on the information we have at this point in time. We appreciate your patience and understanding. Students that attend Tri-County will continue as scheduled

This is an important message from RSU 19 Just a reminder that tomorrow, Friday, November 13 has been scheduled as a remote-only day, no students, except for TCTC students, attending in-person. Students will follow their normal Wednesday schedule. Thanks.

Important Message from RSU 19. Reminder: This message is only for the families that receive home delivered meals on Wednesday’s. Due to the Holiday on Wednesday Nov 11th, we will have to deliver meals on Thursday Nov 12th. We will be back to the regular scheduled Wednesday deliveries on Nov. 18th. Please inform us if there will not be anyone home on Thursday Nov 12th to receive the meals. Families will always be able to pick up their meals from their schools, as long as you notify us in advance. Contact Food Services at dleighton@rsu19.net or by calling 355-3613. Thank You

Tri-County Technical Center letter https://5il.co/ms6x

The following is a message we received yesterday from Superintendent Jordan who supervises the MSAD 46 and Tri County Technical Center. We wanted to communicate this message with our community in collaboration and support of the Center's handling of the situation. RE: COVID-19 POSITIVE CASE AT Tri-County Technical Center This email is to inform you that an individual associated with Tri-County Technical Center has tested positive for COVID-19. We were notified this morning. We have taken steps with our response team to follow Maine CDC and DOE guidelines to notify staff and students as appropriate. We believe it best to share what we can with our entire community. Here are some details: The individual who tested positive was last in attendance at the school on Friday 10/30/20. Five students who attend TCTC and one staff member is now in quarantine. Students and staff in quarantine will be contacted directly by CDC contact tracers and school personnel

Important Message from RSU 19 This message is only for the families that receive home delivered meals on Wednesday’s. Due to the Holiday on Wednesday Nov 11th, we will have to deliver meals on Thursday Nov 12th. We will be back to the regular scheduled Wednesday deliveries on Nov. 18th. Please inform us if there will not be anyone home on Thursday Nov 12th to receive the meals. Families will always be able to pick up their meals from their schools, as long as you notify us in advance. Contact Food Services at dleighton@rsu19.net or by calling 355-3613. Thank You

Due to the Veterans Day Holiday (no school) falling on Wednesday, November 11th this year, and that being a remote learning day for our Kindergarten through 6th grade students, we are going to make Friday of that week a remote learning day and have all students stay home on Friday, November 13th and follow your child's typical Wednesday schedule.

Message from RSU 19 Food Services There are many families that had a free or reduced lunch benefit last year that have not returned a lunch application for this year. Those statuses have ended. If you have not submitted an application for this year already, you are now full pay. Once the summer program extension ends, all meals will have to paid. The school district relies on these free/reduced percentages because it directly effects Title 1, Title 2 and Title 4 funding for this year. It effects the rates for internet access and so much more. Please get a lunch application from your child’s school, fill it out and return it as soon as you can. We need these returned quickly. Please call David Leighton at 355-3613 or email at dleighton@rsu19.net with questions or to check your child’s lunch status. Thank You

This is an important message from RSU 19 Covid Response Update Letter from Superintendent Hammer Letter: https://5il.co/m3pq

This is an important Message from RSU 19 Food Services There are many families that haven't returned the lunch application for free or reduced lunch benefits. Many families could potentially qualify for these benefits. If you haven't already done so, we still need you to return the application for this school year. We are currently in a summer program extension in which kids eat for free. When this extension ends we will return to using free, reduced, or full pay statuses. If you haven't returned an application please fill one out for your family and return it by October 21st, 2020 You can get an application by contacting your student's school and or downloading it from this link and returning it to your student's school office Link: https://5il.co/canm Thank You if you have any questions please contact David Leighton at 355-3613 or dleighton@rsu19.net

Important message from RSU 19 regarding the food delivery service schedule: If this service doesn't apply to you please ignore this message Due to the Holiday on Monday Oct 12th, 2020, the regular Monday delivery will be on Tuesday Oct 13th, 2020. This change is for these days only. We will go back to the regular delivery on Monday Oct 19th. This does not affect the Wednesday delivery schedule. Any questions, please call 355-3613 or email dleighton@rsu19.net.

The District Food Service Dept will change the Friday Sept 25th home delivery of meals to Monday Sept 28th. The home delivery schedule will now be every Monday and Wednesday until further notice. For questions or more information please call David Leighton, Director of Child Nutrition, at 355-3613 or dleighton@rsu19.net

Through a waiver from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Maine Department of Education is able to extend the USDA’s Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) allowing school districts and community partners to provide meals to students during extended remote learning due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. RSU 19 is asking only those families that would like to participate in this program to please complete the following survey. If you don't wish to participate in this program please ignore this message. Details regarding meal pickup and delivery times are still being finalized and those details will be made available soon. If you have questions or wish to stop receiving meals at any time please contact David Leighton, Director Child Nutrition, at 355-3613 or dleighton@rsu19.net Survey: http://bit.ly/RSU19MEAL

I'm pleased to let you know that we are still able to provide free meals to all our student up until late December or until further notice. We will be working out the details for providing meals to our remote learners and at home student days within the next two weeks. Please also bear with us as we work out our bus run times over the few days. The run times should be very similar to last year and they are posted on our website. Some of the driver names have changed; however, the run are very similar. Thank you for your understanding.

This is an important message from RSU 19 Reminder Dear RSU 19 Families, please join us for a virtual question and answer session regarding the districts return to school plans. When: Tonight Wednesday August 19th from 6:00 to 7:30 P.M. For details about the meeting please look at the district calendar web page located here https://www.rsu19.org/o/district/events/#event_5946248 Also please take a look at our FAQ's document https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A8jP7RHLSjjqUU3e2uK2aKmzXX4G8GoR1sNP3LGdRFs/edit?usp=sharing Thank You

Good afternoon, We want you to know that our schools are trying to reach parents and families in order to get your "back to school plans". If you've missed our call, please reach out to your child(ren)'s school so we can make our plans. Thank you,

This is an important message from RSU 19 Dear RSU 19 Families, please join us for a virtual question and answer session regarding the districts return to school plans. When: Wednesday August 19th from 6:00 to 7:30 P.M. For details about the meeting please look at the district calendar web page located here https://www.rsu19.org/o/district/events/#event_5946248 Also please take a look at our FAQ's document https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A8jP7RHLSjjqUU3e2uK2aKmzXX4G8GoR1sNP3LGdRFs/edit?usp=sharing Thank You