Schools provide free breakfast, lunch during summer

The Fort Osage and Independence school districts are offering the program through funding from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. The locations are chosen based on the district’s percentage of free and reduced lunch students at those sites. At least 50 percent of the school’s student population must qualify for free and reduced lunch. Independence Academy will serve breakfast from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., and lunch from 11 a.m. to noon. The Boys and Girls Club Leslie location will serve breakfast from 8 to 9 a.m. and lunch from 11 a.m. to noon. The Boys and Girls Club Hawthorn location will serve breakfast from 8 to 9 a.m. and lunch from noon to 1 p.m. Both Boys and Girls Club programs end Aug. 10. For more information on the breakfast and lunch program, call the Independence School District at 816-521-5300 or the Fort Osage School District at 816-650-7000. For information on Blue Springs free and reduced lunches, send email to dknabe@bssd.net or visit the “Food and Nutritional Services” tab under the “Students and Parents” tab at www.bluesprings-schools.net.

No. 10–3419. - FORT OSAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT v. BRANDON SIMS - US 8th ...

Finding that the Fort Osage R–1 School District (“School District”) offered B.S. a free appropriate public education (“FAPE”) within the meaning of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”), 20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq., for the 2006–2007 school year. The Sims seek reimbursement for their costs of placing B.S. at a private facility during that school year. Because we agree with the district court that the School District offered to provide B.S. with a FAPE, we affirm.

I.

At birth, B.S. was diagnosed with Down's Syndrome, and thereafter, she received early intervention services through the Missouri First Steps Program for her cognitive and physical disabilities. B.S. also received private instruction and several types of therapy from private providers. On June 15, 1999, just prior to her third birthday, the School District prepared an initial-evaluation report to determine B.S.'s eligibility under the IDEA. Importantly, nothing in the evaluation report suggested that B .S. suffered from autism, and, as of that time, no professional had indicated such.

On June 20, 1999, after concluding that B.S. satisfied the criteria for early childhood special education under the IDEA for her developmental delays, the School District developed an individualized educational program (“IEP”) for B.S. An “IEP is a comprehensive written statement developed jointly by the child's parents and the school district, which outlines the child's special educational needs and the specially designed instruction and services to be provided by the school system to meet those needs.” M.P. ex rel. K. v. Indep. Sch. Dist. No. 721, 326 F.3d 975, 977 n. 1 (8th Cir.2003) (citing 20 U.S.C. § 1414(d)). Under the June 20, 1999 IEP, B.S. received special educational services, as well as speech-language, occupational, and physical therapy. The underlying records reveal that B.S. made some progress toward her occupational therapy goals during the 1999–2000 school year.

On May 11, 2000, in accordance with the federal requirement to review IEPs at least annually, 20 U.S.C. § 1414(d)(4), the School District met with the Sims and developed a new IEP for B.S. for the upcoming 2000–2001 school year. The May 11, 2000 IEP, as modified by a subsequent agreement on November 10, 2000, set new goals for B.S., provided for additional services, and required the school to provide the Sims with progress notes. The progress notes reveal that B.S. made headway on many of her goals and even achieved some of them.

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