Loudoun Schools Consolidate Meal Sites During Coronavirus Closure

LOUDOUN COUNTY, VA — After studying the demand for meals during the last three days, Loudoun County Public Schools is discontinuing meal service at 12 sites across the county to concentrate resources where they are needed most, the school system said Tuesday. The school system also has changed the meal pickup time at schools to 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The county school system began providing meals to students last Friday after schools were ordered closed for two weeks by Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam to contain the spread of the new coronavirus, or COVID-19. Eligible students are permitted to take a breakfast and lunch each day. The school system said thousands of meals have been served since last Friday, and the program was expanded this week to include deliveries by bus.

Meals will continue to be delivered by buses to sites throughout the county. The county school system has provided an interactive map showing those locations.

While some schools will no longer provide meals, nearby schools will have enough meals to meet the community’s needs, the school system said. The meal sites listed below on the left will discontinue meal service starting Wednesday. The nearest alternative site is listed in bold next to the school's name:

Discontinued Service/Nearest Adacent Site

• Brambleton Middle School/Independence High School
• Cardinal Ridge Elementary/J. Michael Lunsford Middle School
• Douglass Community School/Frederick Douglass Elementary
• Evergreen Mill Elementary/J. Lupton Simpson Middle School
• Goshen Post Elementary/John Champe High School
• Kenneth Culbert Elementary/Harmony Middle School
• Mill Run Elementary/Eagle Ridge Middle School
• Mountain View Elementary/Woodgrove High School
• Newton-Lee Elementary/Trailside Middle School
• Rosa Lee Carter Elementary/Rock Ridge High School
• Smart’s Mill Middle School/Francis Hazel Reid Elementary
• John W. Tolbert Elementary/Harper Park Middle School

Students are instructed to practice social distancing at all times while picking up meals. Loudoun County Public School Nutrition Services staff will be placing the meals in a visible location so they can be picked up without students having to take the meals from their hands.

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