NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — All schools were allowed to be a part of the summer meals program through the U.S. Department of Agriculture during the pandemic. When the eligibility changed back to pre-pandemic rules, Buhler USD 313 was no longer eligible. That has changed.
"We're so excited about it," said Buhler USD 313 Superintendent Cindy Couchman. "Robin McGlynn, our food service director, she's phenomenal. She's done a lot of research. The law changed this year to offer it to schools that qualify at 50% free and reduced. We have one school that qualified. That was in Buhler. We're going to serve these meals May 28 to Aug. 2. We're going to serve them at Buhler High School."
The meal pick up will be from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. weekdays.
"You can drive through and pick up a hot lunch, with breakfast for the next day," Couchman said. "It will feed your student lunch and breakfast. You can go through every day, get yourself breakfast and lunch. The first time you go through, your student will have to be with you. Then, after that, you'll be given a number you can show the next time you pick up. You don't have to pack up the five or six kids or whatever you have, you can just show your number and pick up the meals."
The menu will be available at usd313.org.
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