Free and Reduced Meal Application Available Online

The district Food Service Department offers daily breakfast and lunch options. We have been very thankful to participate in the FDA free meal program over the last few years providing free meals to all students! That program has now ended, so paid meals will be reimplemented.

Meals may be prepaid by submitting cash/check to the school office in a sealed envelope with the student(s) name and amount enclosed on the outside of the envelope. In addition, through the SISK12 Parent Portal families have the option to make online meal payments through a secure system, ConnexPoint. Like other online payment systems a processing fee is applicable. ConnexPoint charges a 3.99% processing fee for transactions. To make an online meal payment simply login to the SISK12 Parent Portal, select the Meal Service Balance icon and follow the prompts.

The application for free/reduced meals is now available through the SISK12 Parent Portal. Take note, qualifications for this benefit may have changed. While this application was not required for the lsat two school years, it must be filled out to utilize this benefit during the 2022-2023 school year.

Even if your family does not anticipate qualifying for discounted meals, the free/reduced meal status of our students provides many other opportunities outside of meals. As noted in the graphic below, the percentage of students who qualify for free/reduced meals in our district allows our schools to receive important federal funding that supports student literacy growth, Leader in Me resources and various programs that provide needs for our most at-risk learners.

Our goal is to get 100% of these forms returned by August 10, which is when online registration also closes. Go to https://rb.sisk12.net/RB360x3/parent to fill out yours!

JOIN OUR TEAM!

We're on the lookout for quality individuals who enjoy working with students and making a difference to join our team! These openings are all critical roles in helping us provide a wonderful school experience for our students. A full list of openings with application details can be found at https://www.applitrack.com/republic/onlineapp/. PLEASE SHARE this information to help us recruit employees!

New Start & Dismissal Times for Lyon & Sweeny

To assist with the traffic flow issues at Highway 174 and Main, Lyon and Sweeny elementaries will have new start and dismissal times for the 2022-23 school year. This is a short-term solution until a more permanent, long-term solution can be implemented to physically adjust these car lines (which continues to be a discussion with the City and local landowners). Please follow the link to read an email that was sent to Lyon and Sweeny families, which includes all of the details: https://conta.cc/3wLLAZP. 

District CSIP Approved

Throughout the last year district teammates and community volunteers devoted over 1200 hours to develop our newly approved district CSIP–Comprehensive School Improvement Plan! This “strategic plan” has been designed to serve as our “road map” for the next 4-6 years in meeting the needs of our students and employees. In addition, updated district mission and vision statements were created.

As a reminder, this process is community driven! There were over 550 responses to surveys seeking feedback about the development of our mission, vision and the community priorities included within the CSIP. Over 100 representatives (including parents, community members, school board members, employees and students) were involved in the committees, or “goal teams,” who brought this work to life. THANK YOU to those who were involved! 

There are three goal areas that will drive our work through the CSIP:

• Academic success
• Culture
• Leadership

For each of these three goals, performance objectives, strategies and measures have been developed that include ways to support and grow STUDENTS and EMPLOYEES! 

Visit https://sites.google.com/republicschools.org/csip/home to dive into our new CSIP! This webpage has been designed to provide you with an overall snapshot of this work as it progresses, but also an opportunity to dive as deep into it as you’d like to learn more! We can’t wait to share more with you about our CSIP journey as the new school year begins in August!