{"id":1137,"date":"2020-09-22T11:22:15","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T15:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ortn.edu\/willowbrook\/?p=1137"},"modified":"2021-02-15T13:30:21","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T18:30:21","slug":"2020-fall-break-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ortn.edu\/willowbrook\/2020\/09\/22\/2020-fall-break-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 Fall Break Letter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Oak Ridge Families:<\/p>\n<p>While this has been a most unique start to the year, I wanted to remind you of the great news that affects our students:\u00a0 On August 31, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service announced program changes that will provide for <strong>free meals for all students, regardless of income<\/strong>.\u00a0 This has been made possible by nationwide waivers that provide free meals to all students until December 31<sup>st<\/sup>, or until funding has been exhausted.<\/p>\n<p>With this wonderful program we are now able to offer both weekend meals, and meals over Fall Break to all children 18 and younger.<\/p>\n<table width=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"193\"><strong>Event<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"96\"><strong>Location(s)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"181\"><strong>Timeframe<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"245\"><strong>Notes<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"193\"><strong>ConnectOR and A\/B Schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Meal Distribution<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"96\">All<\/p>\n<p>Oak Ridge City Schools<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"181\">On-Going<\/td>\n<td width=\"245\">Please use the following link for food ordering information: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ortn.edu\/meals-for-connector-students\/\">https:\/\/www.ortn.edu\/meals-for-connector-students\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Meals for multiple days, and weekends can be pre-ordered.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>*Through December 31<sup>st<\/sup> any child 18 and younger may pre-order meals.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"193\"><strong>Fall Break Meal Distribution<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"96\">Robertsville Middle<\/td>\n<td width=\"181\">Sep 28 through October 9<sup>th<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>11am &#8211; 12pm<\/p>\n<p>Monday through Friday<\/td>\n<td width=\"245\">Weekend meals will be provided on Fridays. Both breakfast, and lunch will be distributed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>For more information about our menus, a la carte pre-pay options, and programs, visit the Food Services Department at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ortn.edu\/\"><strong>http:\/\/www.ortn.edu\/<\/strong><\/a><strong> \u00a0<\/strong>and our official website: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ortn.schooldish.com\/\"><strong>http:\/\/ortn.schooldish.com\/<\/strong><\/a> Feel free to call me at (865) 425-9006 with any questions or comments.<\/p>\n<p>Wishing you safety and wellness,<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jennifer L. Taylor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Oak Ridge Schools | Food Service Director | Aramark<\/p>\n<p>1450 Oak Ridge Turnpike Oak Ridge, TN 37830<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ortn.edu\/willowbrook\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/Aramark-Food-Safety-Communication-003.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aramark Food Safety Communication<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Oak Ridge Families: While this has been a most unique start to the year, I wanted to remind you of the great news that affects our students:\u00a0 On August 31, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service announced program changes that will provide for free meals for all students, regardless [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":1178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-school-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ortn.edu\/willowbrook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ortn.edu\/willowbrook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ortn.edu\/willowbrook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ortn.edu\/willowbrook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ortn.edu\/willowbrook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ortn.edu\/willowbrook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ortn.edu\/willowbrook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ortn.edu\/willowbrook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ortn.edu\/willowbrook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ortn.edu\/willowbrook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}