UPDATED: PG County Expands Grab-and-Go Bag Program

Update (March 19, 3:30 p.m.): Prince George's County Public Schools expanded its school meals assistance program to 36 schools the updated list is below.

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY: Prince George's County Public Schools is expanding its school meals assistance program as part of its response to the coronavirus, also known as COVID-19.

Even though all PGCPS schools were closed on Monday in compliance with Gov. Larry Hogan's March 12 order to close all Maryland public schools for two weeks, PGCPS was offering grab-and-go sack lunches for students at nine locations across the county.

Monica Goldson, PGCPS chief executive officer, announced Monday the sack lunch program was expanding to 25 locations. This will include a grab-and-go bag with breakfast, lunch and a snack.

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"This will allow us to reach more communities that serve some of our most vulnerable families," Goldson said, in a release. "Starting Tuesday, March 17, any student, with or without a parent/guardian, may go to any one of these sites to pick up both meals and a snack between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Adults may not pick up meals for children. There will be school system staff in the cafeteria or parking lot, depending on weather, to distribute the meals."

The grab and go bags will be available at the following locations (Updated: March 19, 3:30 p.m.):

• Andrew Jackson Academy, 3500 Regency Parkway, Forestville
• Benjamin Stoddert Middle School, 2501 Olson Street, Temple Hills
• Benjamin Tasker Middle School, 4901 Collington Road, Bowie
• Buck Lodge Middle School, 2611 Buck Lodge Road, Adelphi
• Calverton Elementary, 3400 Beltsville Road, Beltsville
• Carmody Hills Elementary, 401 Jadeleaf Ave., Capitol Heights
• Clinton Grove Elementary, 9420 Temple Hill Road, Clinton
• District Heights Elementary, 2200 County Road, District Heights
• Drew-Freeman Middle School, 2600 Brooks Drive, Suitland
• Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle School, 13725 Briarwood Drive, Laurel
• Gladys Noon Spellman Elementary, 3324 64th Avenue, Cheverly
• Hillcrest Heights Elementary, 4305 22nd Place, Temple Hills
• J. Frank Dent Elementary, 2700 Corning Ave., Fort Washington
• John Bayne Elementary, 7010 Walker Mill Road, Capitol Heights
• Judge Sylvania Woods Elementary, 3000 Church St., Glenarden
• Kenmoor Middle School, 2500 Kenmoor Drive, Landover
• Kettering Middle School, 65 Herrington Drive, Upper Marlboro
• Langley Park-McCormick Elementary, 8201 15th Ave., Hyattsville
• Laurel Elementary, 516 Montgomery St., Laurel
• Lewisdale Elementary, 2400 Banning Place, Hyattsville
• Longfields Elementary, 3300 Newkirk Ave., Forestville
• Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, 4545 Ammendale Road, Beltsville
• Nicholas Orem Middle School, 6100 Editors Park Drive, Hyattsville
• Oxon Hill Middle School, 9570 Fort Foote Road, Fort Washington
• Port Towns Elementary, 4351 58th Ave., Bladensburg
• Samuel Chase Elementary, 5700 Fisher Road, Temple Hills
• Springhill Lake Elementary, 6060 Springhill Drive, Greenbelt
• Stephen Decatur Middle School, 8200 Pinewood Drive, Clinton
• Suitland Elementary, 4650 Towne Park Road, Suitland
• Templeton Elementary, 6001 Carters Lane, Riverdale
• Thomas S. Stone Elementary, 4500 34th Street, Mount Rainier
• Thurgood Marshall Middle School, 4909 Brinkley Road, Temple Hills
• Waldon Woods Elementary, 10301 Thrift Road, Clinton
• Walker Mill Middle School, 800 Karen Blvd., Capitol Heights
• William Paca Elementary, 7801 Sheriff Road, Landover
• William Wirt Middle School, 6200 Tuckerman St., Riverdale Park

PGCPS will monitor the program and will add more locations if necessary.