Ballard Schools to Change Lunch Delivery Schedule

Ballard County Schools has announced some changes to the way it will deliver meals to students.

Starting on April 13, meals will be delivered on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays – not every day. This will reportedly allow the district to reduce the presence of staff on campus to three days, instead of five, per governor Andy Beshear's recommendations for Kentuckians to stay “safe at home” as much as possible. It will also will reduce the community’s interactions with district staff.

“We are still delivering meals for all five days,” said Ballard County Schools Superintendent Dr. Casey Allen. “The number of meals our families receive will not change – just the number of days we’ll be bringing them.” 

Staff will deliver Monday’s meals on Monday; Tuesday and Wednesday meals will be delivered Tuesday, and Thursday and Friday meals will be delivered on Thursday.

Because several meals will be delivered on Tuesday and Thursday, families are asked to do two things: Increase their capacity for receiving meals, and follow good food safety practices by bringing them inside and properly storing them as soon as possible.

“A cooler would be the best way to keep meals safely,” said Amber Hayes, Ballard’s food service director. “If you can bring them in quickly, any box with a lid or top will work – we ask that families, especially those with more than one child, make sure that the receptacle is large enough to hold two days’ worth of food packages.”

“If this system works as well as we envision, we may make additional changes going forward, to further reduce risk,” Allen said. “However, we want our community to know that we will continue to support them through this crisis.”