Taco has confirmed that starting Wednesday, 60 schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District will be serving free meals to students from the hours of 7 to 10 AM.
The news comes on the first day that all students in the district have been asked to stay home to prevent the spread of coronavirus. The meals will be available via “Grab & Go Food Centers” at the following schools. The details are being sorted out but our source at LAUSD confirms that there will either be a curbside pickup option or there will be signs posted around the school informing where to pick up the food in-person.
More than 8,500 students in LAUSD are in the foster care system. Another 19,000 are homeless. 80 percent of students that attend LAUSD qualify for free or reduced-cost meals. In a district, that is made up of 650,000 students (more than 700,000 if you include charter schools and pre-school), this access to food may mean the difference between someone having at least one full hot meal a day or not.
For now, only breakfast will be served, but the school may implement a second meal slot soon. Check their website for more updates.
Here is the complete list of schools that will be providing free food for students.
Update on April 3, 2020:
A recent report from LAUSD has revealed that more than four million meals have been served to students since the closure of the district on March 18. “In the success is a warning sign,” Superintendent Austin Beutner said. “The need in our community is large and growing as the coronavirus impacts the families we serve, many of whom were struggling to get by before the recent, unprecedented layoffs began to be felt. We are providing help where it is needed.”
For the full report, visit LAUSD's report available on their website.
Central
Eagle Rock Junior/Senior High School
John Liechty Middle School
Manual Arts Sr High School
Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools
Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Magnet
Los Angeles Academy Middle School
Luther Burbank Middle School
Barack Obama Global Preparation Academy
DR. JULIAN NAVA LEARNING ACADEMY
Berendo Middle School
Santee Education Complex
East
James A. Garfield High School
Gage Middle School
Woodrow Wilson Senior High School
Bell High School
Hollenbeck Middle School
South Gate High School
Abraham Lincoln High School
South East High School
Linda Esperanza Marquez High School
Mendez High School
Northeast
East Valley High School
Robert Fulton College Preparatory School
San Fernando Senior High School
Byrd Middle School
Verdugo Hills High School
Van Nuys High School
Maclay Middle School
Roy Romer Middle School
Panorama High School
Northwest
John A. Sutter Middle School
Chatsworth Charter High School
George K. Porter Middle School
Sepulveda Middle School
Mulholland Middle School
Columbus Middle School
John F. Kennedy High School
South
Samuel Gompers Middle School
Curtiss Middle School
Fremont High School
Peary Middle School
Narbonne High School
Edison Middle School
RHDMS
Phineas Banning Senior High School
Dymally High School
Markham Middle School
Stephen M White Middle School
Rancho Dominguez Preparatory
West
Susan Miller Dorsey Senior High School
Washington Preparatory High School
Palms Middle School
Bernstein High School
Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. Middle School
John Muir Middle School
Marina Del Rey Middle School
University High School Charter
Fairfax High School
Bret Harte Preparatory Middle School
Audubon Middle School
