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Most students in Jefferson County are on summer break but for many Louisville families, hunger doesnt take a vacation.

The district still has free in-person meals every day for anyone under 18 years old in the county.

Nearly 10,000 kids are part of the districts summer programming, classes and activities that are providing opportunities to gain knowledge and prevent a learning loss known as "summer slide."

Widespread storms Sunday have led to the cancellation of student activities on Monday.

Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) canceled all student activities on Monday due to power outages and storm damage after severe weather went through Kentuckiana on Sunday evening.

Looking to plan our your summer break? Looking for summer camp information? What to know about Louisvilles JCPS summer break.

"We will have engaging pathways that will have students on fun field trips, doing hands-on activities and really thinking about innovative ideas to put into practice."

The learning hub now runs an after school and summer program.

JCPS district leaders work to eliminate summer slide and reduce education gap Share Updated: 7:00 PM EDT May 14, 2021 Share Updated: 7:00 PM EDT May 14, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript LEARNING PROGRAM BEING ROLLED OUT THIS YEAR. LEADERS HERE AT JCPS ARE WORKING TO ELIMINATE THE SUMMER SLIDE WHILE REDUCING THE EDUCATION GAP. THEY’RE UNVEILING WHAT THEY CALLED THE MOST ROBUST SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAM TO DATE HOPING TO GET CHILDREN BACK ON TRACK AFTER A LESS THA...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Jefferson County Public Schools will offer a slew of summer learning programs for students to jumpstart learning heading into the 2021-22 school year. Districts officials said Tuesday they hope to serve "thousands" of kids from ages 3 to 18 across at least 80 in-person hubs and through virtual programming.  "We dont want this to just be school," Superintendent Marty Pollio said at a press conference Tuesday. "We want them to be fun activities." This years offerings include...