Why is the Registered Rider Form required this year?

This year has been unlike any other year. As a district we are currently planning for three different scenarios and in order to best serve our families, we need to know which families are planning to utilize RPS transportation if we are back in session. This will ultimately help us better prepare, plan, and promote safety across student transportation.

We understand and know that some families will miss our communication on the Registered Rider Form. If you miss the Registered Rider Form deadline, we will be flexible and work to assist families that need accommodation within reason, and within policy. 

RPS is continuing to offer meal kit pick-up for all children 1-18 years old regardless of meal price eligibility. Students do not need to be enrolled at RPS to receive free meals. Students are able to receive one meal kit/week.

Meal Kits will consist of heat-and-serve and ready-to-eat entrees, fruits, vegetables and milk. Instructions for storage/preparation will be available online. No pre-registration or paperwork is required.

Both distributions can be picked up from Graham Park Building #35 at the Fairgrounds (1403 3rd Avenue SE).

Please enter at the 16th Street and Arena Dr SE. Proceed North to building #35. If able, please open/unlock your trunk or leave a seat open where the meal kit can be placed.

Please practice social distancing protocol. To keep everyone safe, please remain in your vehicle and let our staff know how many children you are picking up for. Children do not need to be present.

Care is available for children on approved contracts only. All contracts will remain pending until approved. Applying updated guidance from the Minnesota Department of Education, we will approve contracts in the following priority order, as space allows: 

1. Households where all parents/guardians in the household are Tier One critical workers who are required to be at work

2. As space allows, households with at least one parent/guardian Tier One critical worker who is required to be at work

3. As space allows, households without Tier One critical workers 

MDE defines Free Child Care for Critical Workers (CCfCW) as,“The school-age care for children of critical workers is intended for extreme circumstances in which no parent or guardian is at home, due to employment as a critical worker. If it is a two-parent household and one is not a critical worker, a school is not required to provide free school-age care to the family, but the school could choose to provide the care, if they have the capacity to do so while ensuring health and safety requirements can still be met.”