Applications are required for free and reduced-price meals for 2022-2023 school year. This school year, families who need assistance paying for school meals will be required to submit an application for free and reduced-price school meals for the first time since 2020.
Our school district submitted a waiver to be able to use previous eligibility determinations dating back to school year 2019-20 for the first 30 operating days of school. The 30th operating day is October 18, so if an application has not been submitted and approved by then, prior eligibility will return to full pay on October 19.
In addition to helping with meal prices, the State and Federal government use our district’s free and reduced percentage to determine funding for many of the programs that support our students. It is extremely important that families submit applications, even if they do not intend to eat meals at the school.
Click on the following links to apply. Please contact your school or the district office for a paper application:
My School Apps (English) My School Apps (Spanish)
If you are not sure whether you might qualify, you may use the tables attached to an email that is also being sent.
DISTRICT APP. We're thrilled to announce the new app for Fremont County
Schools! It's everything Fremont County Schools, in your pocket.
Download for Android: https://bit.ly/3TsExzH
Download for iPhone: https://apple.co/3KxoFb7
IDAHO'S EMPOWERING PARENTS GRANTS.
We are excited to pass along a great opportunity for families with school-aged children. Idaho's Empowering Parents grant application is now open! This program provides eligible families with grant funds to use towards education services and devices for their K-12 children in an effort to recover learning loss as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Click on the link below for more information.
https://empoweringparents.idaho.gov/
SCHOOL MENUS.
We have received a lot of requests to add the monthly lunch menus to the website. These have now been added to the top of the Child Nutrition page. From the District homepage (or from any school homepage), click on the "Child Nutrition" button below the photo gallery. The different menu options will be listed near the top of the page (see highlighted area on the image). The daily menus (and even the monthly menus) can also be accessed using the Fremont County Schools 215 app.
The Idaho Association for the Education of Young Children has learning kits available for any 4 year old child living within the boundaries of Fremont County Joint School District #215. If you have not yet received one for your child, you can come pick one up at the front office at Ashton Elementary.
NEW WEBSITE!
The new website for Fremont County Joint School District #215 is live! Although the site is not completely finished and will be a work in progress for the next few months, we wanted to get it out as quickly as possible. The address is still www.sd215.net. Each of the schools can be accessed through the "Schools" menu in the upper right corner of the district home page. At the current time, the Board of Trustees and Child Nutrition links are also ready to go, and the Live Feed, News, and Events are all functional. Many of the others tabs are still under construction. You may also access information for your preferred schools and district through a new app available in the Apple and Google Play stores (search for Fremont County Schools 215). More information on the app and the new features will be coming in the next week or so. Thank you for your patience and your suggestions for improving communication. We will continue to work to make this better.
HARVEST BREAK CHANGES. In a special meeting of the Board of Trustees, the Board voted to make changes to the harvest break schedule to better accommodate the needs of local farmers on both ends of the county. NORTH (Ashton Elementary, North Fremont JH/HS)--Break will remain as originally listed on the district calendar. Students will be out starting Monday, September 19. They will return to school on Monday, October 3. SOUTH (Henry's Fork Elementary, Parker Elementary, Teton Elementary, South Fremont JH, South Fremont HS)---Break will be moved one week. Students will be out starting Monday, September 26. They will return to school on Monday, October 10.
KITCHEN MANAGER OPENING. We have a job opening for a Kitchen Manager at Ashton Elementary. It is 6 hours per day from 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The position includes retirement and benefits. Please call the district office for more information 208-624-7542.
We are excited to announce that we have a new website and a communication app coming soon. This will provide students, parents, and community members to have a single source for information about the school district and all of the schools. More details are coming soon.