Head Lice

Free and Reduced Price Meal Application

Athens City Schools makes available the online application for Free and Reduced Price Meals online! The process is SAFE, SECURE, PRIVATE, and AVAILABLE anytime, anywhere! Visit your school website for a direct link.

Application Process for Free and Reduced Meals

* Athens City Schools encourages each family to complete an application. * Applications located at each school office and Central Office or you can complete online. * Only one completed application per household is needed. * List every child enrolled in the Athens City Schools on the same application. * The application is processed as quickly as possible; however, it can take several days. * Please complete your application as soon as possible and turn in immediately. * If your child received free or reduced meals last year, you have to complete a new application each year. You have up to thirty-days (30) from the first day of school to complete and submit another application. After the thirtieth (30th) day, you are no longer qualified for free or reduced benefits.

Wellness Policy and School Parties

In an effort to decrease the rate of childhood obesity in the United States, the USDA made changes to the National School Lunch Program, National School Breakfast Program and to the amount and types of foods and drinks allowed to be served during the school day. These foods will be replaced with more fruits and vegetables. A lunch must include a fruit and/or vegetable along with at least two to three other items with a total of at least three food components to count as a meal. Breakfast must include a fruit or juice and two other meal components to count as a meal.

Parents are not allowed to bring fast food into the school in advertised bags. (Please put all fast food in an unmarked bag.)

Parties are not permitted during meal times. Contact your child’s teacher and/or principal if you would like to bring a treat for a special occasion. We are requesting parties to include some healthy alternatives along with the usual cookies, cupcakes, etc. We ask for your support as we try to develop a healthy school environment for our children. If you would like a detailed explanation of the changes mandated from the USDA, please see our web site at www.acs-k12.org.

HEAD LICE

Pediculosis, more commonly known as head lice, is routinely found in elementary and middle school aged children. Head lice can affect children across all races and socioeconomic backgrounds. Based upon the recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the National Association of School Nurses (NASN), the following interventions are important to help control the spread of head lice in our school community: