Urbana schools have released their plan for providing students with food while schools are closed. Here is their plan, per the press release:
USD116 is providing meals for our families to any child 18 and under during school closures March 23rd through March 30th. Families are invited to visit any one of these sites to receive a breakfast and lunch meal bag. Each bag will contain one breakfast and one lunch for each student. Families are not required to visit a specific site, rather visit which of the three USD116 locations is most convenient for your family.
If you are without transportation, MTD is providing free rides to the community. For more information about available routes, please visit their website.
Beginning on Monday, March 23 through Monday, March 30, we are planning to have three drive-up meal sites open weekdays from 10 a.m. until noon at the following school buildings:
- Dr. Williams Elementary: Front circle drive off Washington St.
- Dr. King Elementary: Goodwin circle drive
- Urbana High School: Door 9 on Tiger Lane off the gymnasium
When you arrive at the drive-up, everyone will be expected to follow these step-by-step directions:
- Please remain in your vehicle with doors and windows closed
- Indicate by hand signal how many meals bags you need for children 18 and under
- We are all following social distancing guidelines, so please remain in your vehicle, while a staff member brings out the meals and places them on the table
- After the staff member has entered the building, please exit your vehicle, collect your meals, then return to your vehicle and exit the drive-up meal line
USD116 will also be providing deliveries to specific neighborhoods with large populations of children. School districts were encouraged by the Illinois State Board of Education to feed as many students as possible, and these deliveries will allow us to provide meals to an additional 500 students each day. A meal bag with a breakfast and lunch will be delivered to these communities by 10 a.m. Meals will only be available until 10:45 to maintain the freshness of the meals. We are providing meals based on the number of USD116 students residing in the following areas:
- Countryview: Meals will be available out by the front mailboxes in the Circle Drive
- Ivanhoe: Meals will be available at the pavilion at the park
- Liberty Commons: Meals will be available in the community room by the office
- Loral: Meals will be available at 29 Fern St. in the empty pad
- Northwood: Meals will be available in the Pavilion by the playground
- Woodland Acres: Meals will be available in the front porch of office
- Woods Edge: Meals will be available under the flagpole at the entrance.
Image from Urbana School District Facebook page.