Kids on coronavirus break can get free food at 18 Lexington schools, 115 bus stops

Fayette County Public Schools is providing free breakfast and lunch for those 18 years old or younger while schools are closed under the unprecedented circumstances of COVID-19.

Boxed meals will be available for children at a total of 115 bus stops and 18 school locations throughout Fayette County

“Knowing that food insecurity is a reality for many of our families, any child may eat at any site in the district,”’ a district statement said. “The bus stops and designated school sites can feed all age levels between 0 and 18. No pre‐orders are required.”

Specific information is available online at fcps.net/covid19.

Lunch only will be served Monday, March 16. Twice a day service will run March 17‐20 and March 23‐27. The deliveries will not take place between March 30 and April 3, while schools were already scheduled to be closed for spring break.

Breakfast will include a cereal pack with juice, grain and milk. Lunch will consist of a sandwich, wrap or pizza kit with fruit, juice and milk.

Due to allergies, peanut butter and pork will not be served. If a student has other allergies, they will need to proceed with caution.

Breakfast and lunch will arrive by school bus to delivery sites at specified times. Meals must be picked up during the site’s scheduled 15‐minute delivery window.

District officials said every effort will be made to run the routes in a timely manner, but adjustments may be necessary due to the volume of meals served.

Children must be present to claim their meal and adult meals are not available.

Meals will also be made available for pickup at several schools.

Breakfast will be served from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. and lunch will be served from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Meals will be available at the front entrance of the following schools:

Arlington, Booker T. Washington, Breckinridge, Cardinal Valley, Glendover, James Lane Allen, Julius Marks, Lansdowne, Mary Todd, The Academy for Leadership at Millcreek, Northern, Southern, Squires and William Wells Brown elementaries; LTMS and Winburn middle schools; Bryan Station High School and the Tates Creek Campus (under the awning between the middle and high school).

This story was originally published March 16, 2020 at 7:40 AM.