La Porte ISD offers 400 boxes of produce to area families at food distribution site
LA PORTE, Texas โ Gratitude went much farther than the line that stretched into Sens Road Tuesday outside of La Porte Independent School Districtโs Support Services Center. The parking lot hosted a food distribution site that offered 400 boxes of produce to area families, including Lorena Perez. The farms provide food for La Porte ISD year-round, through The Common Market Texas, an organization that pushes sustainable farming. โWeโre going to be able to feed thousands of people by the end of the week,โ said Margo Robertson, outreach coordinator at The Common Market Texas. Robertson said 1,000 boxes total were donated and theyโll be distributed throughout the area, helping area families as well as farms.
Houston-area school district gifts $1,000 to most employees for COVID-19
LA PORTE, Texas โ The La Porte Independent School District is offering $1,000 to most employees under a resolution approved Tuesday night by the districtโs board of trustees. The employees earned the incentive for going โabove and beyond their duties and responsibilitiesโ during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the board resolution. Trustees voted unanimously to extend a one-time incentive and retention payment to each employee of the district who was employed by Sept. 8, 2020. Substitutes, temporary workers and employees who are on paid or unpaid administrative leave do not qualify for the payment, according to the district. Employees who qualify will receive the payment by the time the district closes for the holidays on Dec. 18.
La Porte ISD will provide free meals to all students, district says
HOUSTON โ The La Porte Independent School District announced this week that all of its students will begin to receive free meals after the U.S. Department of Agriculture extended the Summer Food Service Program. The program will also provide free curbside meals for children 18 and younger who are not enrolled in the district. โThis (waiver) essentially allows us to provide meals to all children without the added burden of determining who is eligible and who isnโt,โ said Yvonne Bennett, La Porte ISD nutrition director. โIf students are not present in the vehicle, the parent or guardian must present the studentโs school ID number or badge to the cashier. Find more information on the La Porte ISD website.