Learning at home doesn’t have to mean missing out on free school breakfasts and lunches. Lee and Collier school districts offer grab-and-go options.
The School District of Lee County is making Grab & Go meals available to students enrolled in Lee Home Connect. Once a week, families can pick up five breakfasts and five lunches, either on Tuesday or Thursday morning.
In Collier County, Classroom Connect (Option 2) students can pick up grab-and-go meals at select schools throughout the county.
A full list of locations and times is available on each district’s website.
In Lee County
Five breakfasts and five lunches, all meeting USDA nutritional requirements, can be picked up once a week. Families will have the option of either Tuesday or Thursday morning. Middle school sites will distribute meals from 7:15 a.m. to 8 a.m. and high school sites from 7:45 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Four schools distributing meals to only their students have set unique times. Students will only be allowed to pick up meals on one of those days, not both.
Families must drive through their assigned school’s distribution line to pick each week’s meals. Schools pass out a form for parents to fill out that must be visible through their car’s front windshield for proper identification. Parents add their student’s last name, student’s ID number and the school they are enrolled in to be compared with the roster of Lee Home Connect students assigned to each school’s meal distribution.
Breakfast and lunch are free at all 80 traditional Lee County public schools and four special centers through the Food and Nutrition Services Department Community Eligibility Program. Parents do not need to apply and "Free and Reduced" meal applications will not need to be completed or processed for this benefit.
The Community Eligibility Provision is a non-pricing meal service option for schools and school districts in low-income areas. CEP allows the nation’s highest poverty schools and districts to serve breakfast and lunch at no cost to all enrolled students without collecting household applications.
In Collier County
Collier's Classroom Connect students can pick up meals between 7:30 a.m. and 8 a.m. daily. Students in eCollier Academy or Florida Virtual School are not eligible for curbside meals.
Get locations and details about curbside meal pick-up at collierschools.com.