SUFFOLK, Va. - With a proactive response to the coronavirus outbreak – News 3 is seeing some school districts getting involved by making sure no child goes hungry.
On Wednesday, staff at King's Fork High School prepared and gave out meals to students who are in low income areas.
Suffolk Public Schools says in order to help out more families – school leaders have made adjustments to their bus routes to include additional food distribution stops.
School officials say going on from this week all the way to March 27, weekdays only, SPS will have bagged meals that will include both breakfast and lunch, available to students.
KFHS will be the main food distribution location. The school’s lobby will be open from 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
The Food and Nutrition Department will also give out the bagged meals to students through the SPS transportation weekdays from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., to different locations throughout the school district.
Dr. Lawrence P. Whiting, the director of the Food and Nutrition Department, said “We sent out over sixteen hundred meals yesterday, we’ve doubled that today. The staff is doing a great job. We have a lot of cooperation between us and transportation. Our goal is to make sure every students that’s hungry gets a meal.”
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The school district's Food and Nutrition department will distribute food to students through the SPS transportation to the following locations:
Route 1 Bus 121
Temple Bethel Entrance 9:00 – 9:15 AM
Plummer Blvd. & Skinner Blvd. 9:30 – 9:45 AM
Bullock Mobile Park (1st & 2nd entrance) – 10:00 - 10:30 AM
Route 2 Bus 414
Townpoint & Pughsville Rd. (Veteran's Hall) 9:00 – 9:15 AM
6000 Old College Dr. 9:30 – 9:45 AM
Col. Fred Cherry Middle (front of school) – 10:00 – 10:15 AM
Route 3 Bus 478
Chuckatuck Square 9:00 – 9:15 AM
YMCA Godwin Blvd 9:30 – 9:45 AM
King's Landing 10:00 - 10:15 AM
Route 4 Bus 495
Elephant's Fork Elementary 9:00 – 9:15 AM
Regal Inn-Pruden 9:30 - 9:45 AM
Pruden Center 10:00 – 10:15 AM
Saratoga Park 10:30 – 10:45 AM
Lakeside Park 11:00 – 11:15 AM
Route 5 Bus 425
Library Parking Lot W. Washington Street 9:00 – 9:15 AM
Peanut Park 9:30 – 10:45 AM
Colander Bishop 11:00 – 11:15 AM
Corner of Finney and Holladay Street AM 11:30 -11:45
Route 6 Bus 99
Kilby Shores Elementary 9:00 – 9:15 AM
Suffolk Station 9:30 – 9:45 AM
Nancy Drive (Autumn Ridge & Lynnhill) 10:00 – 10:15 AM
Cogic Square 10:30 - 10:45 AM
Route 7 Bus 411
Hoffler Apartments 9:00 – 9:15 AM
BTW School 9:30 – 9:45 AM
Hollywood (Community Center Pool) 10:00 – 10:15 AM
Lake Kennedy (PARK) 10:30 – 10:45 AM
Suffolk Recreation Center (6th St.) 11:00 – 11:15 AM
Route 8 Bus 14
Studios 4 Less (Portsmouth Blvd.) 9:00 - 9:15 AM
Creekside Elementary 9:30 – 9:45 AM
Bullock Mobile Park (3rd & 4th entrence) 10:00 – 10:30 AM
Route 9 Bus 115
Knights Inn Holland (Food Lion Parking Lot) 9:00 - 9:15 AM
Pioneer Elementary 9:30 - 9:45 AM
Holland Ballfield 10:00 – 10:15 AM
Holland Community Center 10:30 – 10:45 AM
J & L Tack Shop 11:15 – 11:30 AM
Route 10 Bus 408
Nansemond River High (front of school) 9:00 – 9:15 AM
October Station (Freeny Ave.) 9:30 - 9:45 AM
Lake Kennedy (Park) 10:00 – 10:15 AM
Route 11 Bus 120
Wilson Pines (Mailboxes) 9:00 – 9:15 AM
Heritage Acres 9:30 – 9:45 AM
Magnolia Lakes (Office) 10:00 – 10:15 AM
