Education

How school meals for remote learning will work in your area


ORLANDO, Fla. — Students who rely on meals at school and are learning from home can still get free or reduced meals.

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Brevard County

Breakfast and lunch will be available at all 84 Brevard County schools for eLearning students beginning Monday, August 24.

· Meal pickup is only available at the student’s assigned school.

· Breakfast is available to all students at no charge.

· Students will use their current meal benefit status (free, reduced or paid) to participate in lunch.

More information can be found here.

Orange County

Orange County Public Schools will provide meals for students utilizing the LaunchEd@Home instructional model with a Curbside Meals Program.

· Meals are available at all 202 OCPS schools for LaunchEd@Home students.

· Students will use their current meal benefit status (free, reduced or paid) to participate.

· The entire week of meals can be picked up every Monday starting 30 minutes after dismissal.

· Students must provide a student ID.

More information on Orange County meal distribution can be found here.

Osceola County

Osceola School District's School Nutrition Services Department will provide meals for digital learning students beginning Monday, August 24.

· Breakfast and lunch will be available daily for parents or students to pick up at their school.

· Parents must provide a student's school ID with name and ID number to pick up meals.

· Every student qualifies for breakfast at no cost.

More details of the program can be found here.

Seminole County

Meals will be available for drive-thru style pickup between 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. at one of 11 locations.

· Orders can be placed before 9 a.m. for same-day pickup and up to a week in advance.

· Students who qualify for free meals will receive both breakfast and lunch at no charge.

· Students who qualify for reduced-price meals will receive breakfast at no charge and lunch for $0.40.

· For paying students using drive-thru service breakfast is $2 and lunch $3.

See a list of pickup locations here.

Matt Reeser

Matt Reeser, WFTV.com

Matt Reeser joined WFTV in 1998 as a news photographer and has worked for television stations in Kentucky and West Virginia.

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