ROCORI
RES JANUARY 14 NEWSLETTER 2021
IMPORTANT
So Good to be Back!
Thank you again for all your continued support throughout this school year and we look forward to many more weeks filled memories together!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Keri Johnson
Laptops and Hotspots
IMPORTANT LUNCH INFORMATION
Food Assistance: Pandemic-Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT)
Students who qualify for free or reduced-price meals may be eligible for Pandemic-Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) to purchase food for days they are not in the school building. To be considered, households must submit an application for free or reduced-price meals for the 2020-21 school year or be approved for Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP) or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. Families who received P-EBT benefits last summer are not automatically eligible; eligibility is based on the current school year. Benefits may be retroactive to September 2020, depending on when eligibility for free or reduced-price meals is determined. To ensure you qualify for the most benefits, please submit your application as soon as possible.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Chris Barker
Food Service Director
High School Speech Coach
Rocori Schools
Office 320-685-4921
Cellphone 320-828-0696
We Need Your Help!
Important Spartan Online Students
Important Dates and Upcoming Events
1/15 - Distance Learning (K-12)
1/18 - No School
1/29 - Distance Learning (K-12)
2/5 - Bring Valentines to School
2/11 - Valentine Celebration
2/12 - No School
2/15 - No School
For the district calendar click here.
Spartan SPOT
Spartan SPOT provides both before and after school care, as well as care for non-school days
If you have any questions, please call the Community Education office at 320-685-8631.
Childcare
According to Executive Order 20-82, districts must provide care for Eligible Children at no cost during the time children are typically in the school building for regular hours. School-enrolled school-age children age 12 and under who are children of critical workers in Tier 1 of the state critical worker list are eligible for the free care from 7:30am-3pm. Calendar days that are originally scheduled non-school days do not qualify as Tier 1 prioritized days. All families are equally eligible for fee-based childcare on these days (for example, MEA break).
Tier 1 is defined as:
Healthcare and public health
Law Enforcement, public safety and first responders
Food and agriculture
Judicial branch (essential Services)
National Guard (activated under a Governor Executive Order)
Educators in pre-K through grade 12 settings
School staff caring for children of critical workers
Childcare and school-age providers
The school-age care for children of critical workers is intended for extreme circumstances in which no parent or guardian is at home and both parents/guardians meet the Tier 1 definition. Districts must provide transportation for those of Tier 1 workers if the family determines it is a need.
ROCORI Childcare programs plan to care for as many families as they safely can. With current space and COVID-19 guidelines, our program can accommodate 80 school-age students per day.
What if your family needs care but does not qualify as tier 1?
Any district can serve their district enrolled children beyond tier 1 as a fee-based program. In the interest to keep costs as affordable for families as possible, we have kept our rates low and aligned with Spartan SPOT:
Before School: $4.00 (same as SPOT)
School Day: $10.50 (free for tier 1 families)
After School: $10.75 (same as SPOT)
The total for the entire day is the same as a regular non-school day and summer day ($25.25) in ROCORI’s Spartan SPOT program.
To register for childcare during a distance learning model, please go to https://rocori.ce.eleyo.com/child-care/3/spartan-spot and click “enroll now” and follow the prompts. If you have participated in ROCORI Community Education activities before, please use the same log-in information.
Richmond Elementary School
Email: johnsonk@rocori.k12.mn.us
Website: rocori.k12.mn.us/richmond-elementary-home
Location: 34 2nd Street Northeast, Richmond, MN, USA
Phone: (320) 597-2016
Twitter: @RichmondElemen1