District 6 summer meal program
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LYMAN — Uinta County School District #6 served almost 60,000 lunches and breakfasts from March 16 through July 22.
The meals were served through the Lyman Intermediate School, according to Superintendent Damien Smith. The district received a Federal USDA waiver so it could prepare the meals and serve them to “anyone 0 to 18 years of age…set to target everyone in the community” Smith said Tuesday midday. He said the district took on this service to help families and the community as they coped with the coronavirus pandemic. There were even 380 meals served on the last day of the program, according to Smith.
The program was utilized by the Lyman area, and also by some from the Mountain View area. It was started “within a week” of the schools being closed because of COVID-19, Smith said. By the time the program ended, District 6 had served 59,800 meals, which was significant. During the regular session of school from August through March, Smith said the district had served 51,421 meals.
In addition to the food service department stepping up and taking on this new duty, Smith said the transportation department provide delivery of meals if someone couldn’t pick up their meals. He said the transportation department made over 100 deliveries per day.
Originally the program was set to serve Monday through Friday, but as it continued over the months, the District served the meals on Monday and Wednesday, giving each person to take care of the days from Monday through Friday. In the beginning of the program, Smith said, the District had to record who were receiving meals so the District could verify it was serving Lyman, some from Mountain View and some students visiting families in the area. He said that documentation requirement was later dropped.
Smith said he and the district board wanted to thank the food service department and the transportation department for stepping up and putting in the hours to make the program so successful.
