The Highland School District is applying for a waiver to supply students and their families with food while they are at home as schools are closed for four weeks in response to COVID-19. The current plans are ready to go, but Superintendent Ken Crawford wants to know whether their waiver was approved or not by the state. He tells KCII News what Highland will be working on in the coming days, “We’re working really hard to get a waiver approved by the State of Iowa, that has to go through the federal government, so we can start to provide lunches for our kids. That has been our biggest issue this afternoon is trying to figure out what is our game plan and if we get the waiver are we ready to go. If we don’t get the waiver what’s the money source to pay for that food so we can feed kids that count on the school every single day for a meal. That’s not right. If the federal government denies a waiver to feed kids during this time, it’s just wrong. We’re trying to figure out that step of if we get that waiver, we’re ready to roll on Monday. If we don’t get that waiver, we’re going to ask for donations to get us by because it’s a serious problem that we have several families in both communities that need some help to get through.” Crawford says families can check up on the school’s social media pages, their website, or call the school for any updates. A survey will also be sent out in the coming days to get a better sense of the need for food within the school district.