Please share with students that if anyone witnesses an unsafe situation, they should now report the incident at SeeTellNow.org or call 888-593-2835. Those reporting will be asked to give as much detail as possible allowing for more effective responding. Download the SeeTellNow app and add the phone number to your contacts today!

If your family needs to register or add a new student to online payments, you will need your child's student ID number. To obtain the student ID number, you may contact Nutrition Services at 265-1569 or email bobbie.coleman@lposd.org.

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LPOSD school buses will be back on the road with vehicles full of excited children on September 6th. Our bus fleet transports over 900 students to and from school daily! We want to share one quick tip to increase the safety for our student riders: it's very dangerous to pass a stopped school bus when red lights on top of the bus are flashing and the Stop Arm is activated. These flashing lights mean the bus is picking up or unloading students and you need to STOP at least 20 feet back from the bus.

As our students return to school, let's work together to keep them safe! This means being alert and knowing the light signals pictured below. Thank you, drivers!

It all started with a cup of coffee, and a meeting to discuss another project. It was a spring day directly following a school board meeting where the Food Nutrition remodel was announced, and Andra Murray (Director of Teaching and Learning of LPOSD) was conflicted. This construction was necessary; it would also mean no school lunches would be available over summer...for the first time in several decades. That's when Katie Cox of Kaniksu Land Trust asked: "Do you mind if I try to figure out if there is a way to solve this?"

With this in mind, Katie's next step was to reach out to Debbie Love (Executive Director of Bonner Community Food Bank) and Michele Murphree (Food for Our Children). The organizations had a history of working together cohesively in the past to benefit LPOSD students. The three women spent the next hour putting together a cost analysis and developing a plan of action. They determined that it would cost approximately $85,000 to fund the Summer Lunch Program, and that with enough volunteers they could assemble and distribute lunches daily. In a matter of 3 weeks, the organizing committee had partnered with local businesses and organizations to fulfill the need for volunteers and financial support. "Wow, we're doing this. We are actually going to make this happen!" Debbie Love thought as their committee confirmed details.

Since that time, those involved have distributed over 7,000 lunches to children in our community! The University of Idaho donated their kitchen facilities at the Sandpoint Organic Agriculture Center, and the so did the Sandpoint VFW. East Bonner County Library and Kootenai Elementary School have served as distribution sites. Lunches were even provided for those enrolled in ESY at Farmin Stidwell and secondary summer school students. Katie Cox who stepped in and asked "Can I help?" reports that "this has been a display of the importance of partnerships in our community, and how amazing our community is." A program of this size would not be possible with out the hundreds of people who made it possible! On behalf of our students...THANK YOU to every single person/organization who made this happen for local youth!

Individuals and businesses who are passionate about this "Big Idea" can donate to PAFE here.