KHSD to offer free meals for children, teens this summer
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Kern High School District announced a free meal program for students in the month of June.
KHSD said it will offer free breakfast and lunch to all students between the ages of 2 and 18. The program will begin June 2 and continue through June 27.
Students do not need to be enrolled in a KHSD school to join the free meal program, according to KHSD. All meals must be consumed on campus.
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19 KHSD schools will provide breakfast from 9:30 a.m. to 9:45 a.m., and lunch from 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.:
Arvin
BHS
Del Oro
East Bakersfield
Foothill
Golden Valley
Highland
Independence
Kern Valley
Mira Monte
North
Ridgeview
Shafter
South
Stockdale
West
Nueva
Tierra Del Sol
Vista
The schools with different schedules are as follows:
Centennial
Breakfast – 9:15 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Lunch – 11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
ABLE
Breakfast – 8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
Lunch – 11:30 a.m. – noon
RCC
Breakfast – 8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
Lunch – 11:30 a.m. – noon
Vista West
Breakfast – 8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
Lunch – noon – 12:30 p.m.
The meals will be provided through the federally funded Seamless Summer Option of the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program, according to the school district.
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