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NEWS A8 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 2020 School districts and bus drivers work together to deliver meals By JADE MCDOWELL NEWS EDITOR After COVID-19 closed schools for the rest of the year, school bus drivers are transporting food instead of students. The sack lunches may be quieter passengers, but Mid Columbia Bus Com- pany driver Dennis Cook said he misses the students and is glad he still gets to see some of them when he drops off meals at stops around Stanfi eld Monday through Thursday. “It’s been nice to see some of the kids,” he said. Staff from Stanfi eld School District have been taking turns riding along to distribute meals, and Cook said students get “really excited” when they see their own teacher at a drop-off. Ricardo Martinez, a Umatilla bus driver for MidCo, said at fi rst drop- ping off meals was “a little hectic,” but everyone has settled into a routine now. “I love it,” he said. “... I was already going crazy at home, not going anywhere, so when my manager asked if I would do it, I said sure.” Each day the drivers run the same route, stopping at various bus stops to provide a package of one break- fast, lunch and dinner for any child under age 18 who shows up. On Wednesdays, they also drop off home- work packets for elemen- tary school students, and on Thursdays high school and middle school students get their homework. Home- work can be sent back to the school with the bus Staff photo by Ben Lonergan Staff load lunches into a school bus at Hermiston High School on the morning of April 23. The lunches were distributed to students throughout the school district. “FOR A LOT OF THE KIDS, IT’S THE ONE TIME THEY GET OUT OF THE HOUSE.” Trista Thompson, a bus driver who delivers meals for Hermiston School District drivers at a later date if stu- dents don’t have a way to send it in electronically. Martinez said he would encourage more Umatilla families to take advantage of the free meals. “On homework days, we get extra people, so some- times we’re running short on lunches, but the rest of the week, sometimes we’re coming back with 20 or 30 lunches,” he said. Trista Thompson is one of the four MidCo driv- ers currently delivering Tax Problems: RESOLVED There are many ways we can tackle IRS or State tax relief together: ✔Tax Levies & Liens Release ✔Resolve Back Taxes ✔Wage Garnishment Release ✔Payroll Tax Negotiation ✔Stop Penalties and Interest ✔Tax Preparation & Bookkeeping Services ✔Tax Debt Negotiation & Settlement free meals for Hermiston School District. The dis- trict is dropping off break- fast and lunch separately, in the morning and afternoon, to give students something to look forward to now that their regular routines have been upended. Thompson said it’s gone “very well” so far, and she loves to see how excited the children are as the lunch bus pulls up. “For a lot of the kids, it’s the one time they get out of the house, and get that lit- tle touch of freedom,” she said. Katie Saul, director of business services for Herm- iston School District, said as of April 17, the district had served a total of 23,316 meals since Gov. Kate Brown fi rst closed schools on March 17. “We started with just two bus routes, then increased to three, and now we’re up to four routes,” she said. Since the meals are paid for by the same federal funding as normal school lunches, the same nutri- tional requirements for a grain, dairy, fruit and veg- etable apply. Saul said most days lunch is some kind of sandwich with a fruit and a vegetable and a milk carton. Chartwells, the company the district contracts its food service through, pre- pares the meals at Hermis- ton High School. 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