Coronavirus Latest: Where To Get Free Meals For Your Anne Arundel County Student While Schools Are Closed
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) -- Anne Arundel County Public Schools will provide three free meals a day for its students while schools are closed for two weeks due to coronavirus concerns.
Schools in Anne Arundel County will be closed along with schools statewide from March 16-27, as officials work to slow the spread of COVID-19. Schools will be sanitized and deeply cleaned during the closure.
But schools being aware that many students only get their meals at schools are providing lunch at no cost for students during the closure at 52 sites.
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On Sunday, schools officials announced they will provide breakfast, lunch and dinner to children ages 2 to 18. Any child can pick up all three meals, free of charge at 31 school sites from noon to 12:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Mobile meal vehicles will deliver meals to 21 additional sites in six communities on weekdays.
"This effort truly exemplifies what we mean by #AACPSAwesome," Superintendent George Arlotto said. "Led by Supervisor of Food and Nutrition Services Jodi Risse, our team was not content to just serve lunch to students. Once we got the approvals to expand, our team sprung into action and will have three meals ready for students tomorrow. I could not be more proud of the way our AACPS family works to support our children."
Adults cannot accept the food on behalf of the child.
The following schools will serve as meal sites:
- Annapolis High
- Annapolis Middle
- Bates Middle
- Belle Grove Elementary
- Brooklyn Park Elementary
- Brooklyn Park Middle
- Carrie Weedon EEC
- Eastport Elementary
- Freetown Elementary
- George Cromwell Elementary
- Georgetown East Elementary
- Germantown Elementary
- Glen Burnie High
- Glen Burnie Park Elementary
- Glendale Elementary
- Lothian Elementary
- MacArthur Middle
- Marley Elementary
- Meade Heights Elementary
- Meade Middle
- Mills Parole Elementary
- North County High
- North Glen Elementary
- Old Mill Middle North
- Park Elementary
- Point Pleasant Elementary
- Rippling Woods Elementary
- Southgate Elementary
- Tyler Heights Elementary
- Van Bokkelen Elementary
- Woodside Elementary
Children can pick up meals at the following Mobile Meals sites and times:
Annapolis
- Annapolis Gardens, 1845 Bowman Court, Annapolis, 10:45 to 11:00 a.m.
- Bywater Community, 1901 Copeland Street, Annapolis, 11:15 to 11:30 a.m.
- Woodside Gardens, 701 Newtown Drive, 11:45 a.m. to noon
- Hilltop Village, 2 Heritage Court, Annapolis, 12:15 to 12:30 p.m.
- Congregation Kneseth Israel, 1125 Spa Road, Annapolis, 12:45 to 1:00 p.m.
- Admiral Farragut, 205 Boxwood Road @ Boxwood Court, 1:15 to 1:30 p.m.
Laurel
- Maryland City @ Russett Community Library, 3501 Russett Common, Laurel, noon to 12:15 p.m.
- Brock Bridge Elementary, 12:25 to 12:40 p.m.
- Maryland City Elementary, 12:50 to 1:05 p.m.
Lothian
- Maryland Manor, 1500 Berkley Court, Harwood, 10:50 to 11:05 a.m.
- Rio Vista, 900 Margarita Street, Lothian, 11:20 to 11:35 a.m.
- Patuxent Mobile, 121 Patuxent Mobile Estate, Lothian, 11:45 a.m. to noon
- Wayson Woods, 125 Main Street, Lothian, 12:15 to 12:30 p.m.
North County
- Cedar Morris, 351 Arundel Corporation Road, Glen Burnie, 11:00 to 11:15 a.m.
- The Willows Apartments, 116 Warwickshire Lane @ Harris & Allen Road, Glen Burnie, 11:30 to 11:45 a.m.
- Heritage Hill, 6399 Continental Drive & Heritage Hill Drive, Glen Burnie, noon to 12:15 p.m.
- Pumphrey Center, 5757 Belle Grove Road, Baltimore, 12:35 to 12:50 p.m.
West County
- Pioneer City, 8443 Pioneer Drive, Severn, 11:00 to 11:15 a.m.
- Spring Meadows, 8311 Still Meadows Drive, Severn, 11:20 to 11:35 a.m.
- Still Meadows, 8201 Averill Court, Severn, 11:40 to 11:55 a.m.
- Meade Village, 1710 Meade Village Circle, Severn, noon to 12:15 p.m.
