The Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools’ nutritional services program, which provides lunches to school children, was closed today after an employee reported to work with a fever, according to a district spokesman.
Edwin Birch, executive director of communication and marketing for the district, said as a precautionary measure, the district closed down the nutritional services program until they figure out if the person is positive or not for COVID-19. The district doesn’t know at this point is the employee is positive or not, he added.
Birch said they want to make sure that by closing the central kitchen, they are not transmitting anything to anyone. The district is not sure at this time how many people the employee came into contact with, he added.
The school district will not distribute meals for the rest of this week, and when the kitchen is open again, the district will announce it, he added.
The KCK school district has a list of some food assistance resources on its Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/kckschools/.
There are some other organizations that provide food in Wyandotte County; for more information, visit the Harvesters’ food bank website at https://www.harvesters.org/.
The Unified Government’s COVID-19 webpage has a food needs request form online at https://us.openforms.com/Form/a8857119-e46c-433b-b1e4-2e021fb2250e.