Those students who normally get breakfast and lunch at Richmond schools will be getting grocery deliveries instead, given that schools are closed to in-class instruction.
The first food deliveries were made on Wednesday to students and families.
The school district has identified 244 students in 27 schools who are part of the school district’s food program, and who will now get “healthy and nutritious” food while studying at home, according to the school district.
“It is a priority for the Richmond School District to support some of our most vulnerable students during these extraordinary times,” noted the school district in a release.
The food delivery program is a collaboration between the school board, the district’s Feed-U-Cate-38 Food Program, the Richmond Food Security Society, the Richmond Food Bank and businesses.
The school district’s grounds crew pick up the food from the food bank and grocery stores and take it to the gym at Richmond Secondary School (RSS) where educational assistants and administration assistants pack the bags for pickup and delivery.
The bags are then delivered by the school district’s bus drivers to the 27 schools and principals make sure the families get the food, either by picking it up or getting it delivered.
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