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Meals and dining services

How risky are school activities? This chart has answers.

Walking to school, prepackaged meals and non-contact sports outdoors run a lower risk of transmitting coronavirus in schools. Contact sports, choirs and bands, and buses pose the highest risk.

7 ways to keep students with food allergies safe in school

Many schools opening for in-person instruction this fall will require students to eat meals in the classroom. How can educators avoid putting students with food allergies at risk of having an allergic reaction?

CDC prioritizes in-person learning in guidance for reopening schools

Bringing students and teachers back to classrooms for in-person instruction is the guiding principle in the CDC’s revised guidelines for reopening schools during a continued surge in COVID infections.

How to provide mental health care before students start school

An unmet need for mental health care motivated Jurupa USD leaders to develop behavioral supports that begin with prenatal care and continue through graduation.

How GIS guided one district’s crisis response

A chief information officer details how data has helped administrators respond to unexpected events, from a broken sewer to COVID-19.

No mandates in California’s guidance for reopening schools

California Department of Education recommends several models of instruction with a focus on equity and extensive health and safety measures when schools reopen.
Tue Jun 9th, 2020

How to provide food supports to homeless students

Here are four strategies for helping these vulnerable students and their families, who struggle to find regular meals, during school closures related to the coronavirus pandemic.
Tue May 12th, 2020

How one rural district became a community lifeline

DA guest columnist Cameron Shaw credits educator dedication and the quick implementation of communication tools for Dawson ISD’s successful response to COVID-19. He is technology director of the Central Texas district.
Thu Apr 9th, 2020

K-12 leaders gaining some flexibility over budgets

Superintendents in some states can carry budget surpluses over to the next school year or shift unspent dollars among different accounts. And state and federal waivers are giving districts yet more leeway.

Thu Apr 9th, 2020

9 tips for serving meals to students during school closures

DA guest columnist Bart Christian provides safety guidance for non-congregate settings.
Thu Apr 9th, 2020

How higher ed is helping K-12 cope with coronavirus

Teachers in the Bronx are receiving virtual PD in distance learning from Fordham University; Berea College is feeding K-12 students while schools are closed.

Thu Mar 26th, 2020