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Riverside Elementary Students and Families,

Today’s information will cover breakfast and lunch procedures. Buildings will open at 7:45 to students, this goes for breakfast and non-breakfast students. 

Breakfast Procedure

  • After entering the building,all students will hang their belongings on assigned hooks or in their assigned lockers and head to their classroom.

  • All students should wash their hands or use hand sanitizer after entering their classroom.

  • Students in kindergarten through 5th grade, who eat breakfast, can then walk to the lunchroom to get breakfast and then return to their classroom to eat.

  • Preschool students, who eat breakfast, will wait for a staff member to take them to the lunchroom and they will eat in the lunchroom.

  • Non-breakfast eaters will remain in the classroom.

  • When students are done eating, they should dispose of breakfast items (trays, utensils, etc.) in designated areas  in or outside of their classroom.

  • Areas where students ate will be sanitized accordingly.

  • Students who ate breakfast should then wash their hands or use hand sanitizer once again.

Lunch Procedures

  • All students should wash their hands or use hand sanitizer prior to lunch.

  • Preschool students will go with a staff member/teacher to the lunchroom where they will eat lunch spaced out at the lunch tables.

  • Kindergarten through 5th grade students will walk down to the lunchroom to get their lunch and then return to their classrooms to eat.

  • Cold lunches are still allowed, we just ask that items packed are easy for students to open.

  • When students are done eating, they should dispose of lunch items (trays, utensils, etc.) in designated areas in or outside of their classroom.

  • Areas where the students ate will be sanitized accordingly. 

  • All students should wash their hands or use hand sanitizer after eating.

I also wanted to clarify some questions about departure times from yesterday’s email. The first sets of buses will leave each building around 3:25. Students being picked up or who walk home (CES students only) will be dismissed after th first buses leave and the second set of buses will leave the buildings around 3:45.

If you have questions or need clarification on what the breakfast/lunch procedures are, do not hesitate to call either school or send an email to myself, jcrum@riverside.k12.ia.us or to Dr. Mitchell at tmitchell@riverside.k12.ia.us. Please remember, communication, patience and adaptability will be important as we start the 2020-21 school year.

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Jason Crum
PK-5 Principal