Jesus Lunch is an event at Fireman's Park every Tuesday in the Spring and Fall. Local moms serve free food and preach the Christian faith to high school students during their lunch period. They serve up to 400 students every meal. Fireman's Park, in a lease agreed upon by the City of Middleton and MCPASD, is under the jurisdiction of the school district during school hours. Since Jesus Lunch is occurring during school hours, the school district has jurisdiction over the event. Organizers of the lunch have refused to follow school guidelines and have threatened a lawsuit. Outlined below are district policies and federal regulations regarding this event. Anyone providing food for students must follow the district’s food handling standards found in the district Food Safety Plan.  Food of any kind that is served to students must be approved by the school / district to ensure food safety, cleanliness, and health. In addition, many students are subject to food allergies, so additional protocols must be followed to safeguard students with these conditions. A parent group bringing large quantities of food to a school also raises significant questions regarding whether it is, in fact, an adult organized event that has not followed Administrative Policy 371. Adult visitors to school / school campus must follow Administrative Policy 860 Visitors to the Schools, which requires registering in the school office, or the greeter’s station. This is a requirement of all visitors to our schools / school campus during school hours, whether or not they are parents. If students are interested in organizing student led activities, MHS staff are happy to work with them and will convey the district and school policies that govern activities. This, however, appears to be an event initiated by adults without approval by the school. Federal law requires that “non-school persons may not direct, conduct, control, or regularly attend activities of student groups.” 20 U.S.C. 2071 (c) (5). This statute ensures that the motivation for these meetings is based on genuine student interest, rather than a method of outside manipulation by adults for their own purposes. A precedent established by the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Berger v. Rensselaer Central Sch. Corp. prohibits the distribution of bibles on school grounds during school hours. Jesus Lunch has distributed bibles in the past to students. A video of some students' perspectives on Jesus Lunch is found at the following link... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUvi85EZonI