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Elk Grove Unified offers lunch pickups amid school closures from COVID-19 concerns Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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-- TO TAKE THEM AND TO THEIR STATUS. DEIRDRE: TODAY, WE ARE EXPECTING TO LEARN WHAT’S NEXT FOR EVENTS IN THE ELK GROVE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. SCHOOLS ARE STILL CLOSED FOR THE WEEK OVER CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS. THE DISTRICT REINSTATED STUDENT ELIGIBILITY FOR ACADEMIC AND ATHLETIC TEAM EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR TODAY. THEY ARE EXPECTING THEY WILL HAVE ANSWERS ABOUT EVENTS SET TO TAKE PLACE FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK BY THIS AFTERNOON. DISTRICT LEADERS MET WITH LABOR LEADERS TO SEE IF THEY COULD STILL GIVE STUDENTS THEIR SCHEDULED SPRING BREAK. THEY DO, HOWEVER, HAVE TO MAKE UP FOR THIS WEEK, SOMEHOW. THEY’RE LOOKING AT TRYING TO GET RELIEF ON THE STATE OR EXTENDING THE SCHOOL YEAR. DEIRDRE: LETICIA ORDAZ IS OUTSIDE OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. LETICIA: THE SIGNS ARE UP SAYING SCHOOL IS CLOSED FOR THE WEEK, BUT SCHOOL OFFICIALS WANT TO MAKE SURE KIDS DON’T GO WITHOUT. THEY ARE OFFERING FOOD STARTING AT 11:00 A.M. IN THIS PARKING LOT IN KENNEDY. IT IS A HARSH REALITY THAT SO MANY KIDS IN THIS DISTRICT ARE FOOD INSECURE. FOR SOME CHILDREN, THE FOOD THEY GET AT SCHOOL ARE THE ONLY MEAL THEY CAN COUNT ON FOR THE DAY. WITH CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS, RULES -- THERE ARE RULES FAMILIES HAVE TO FOLLOW. THEY DON’T WANT ANYONE GETTING OUT OF THEIR CAR OR CONGREGATING IN THE PARKING LOT. PARENTS SHOULD DRIVE TO THE PARKING LOT OR BUSTLING -- BUS LANE AT EACH PARTICIPATING LOCATION AND THEN EACH CHILD WILL BE HANDED A LUNCH AND CHRIS FOR THE NEXT DAY. FOR THE OLDER GRADES, PARENTS CAN COME TO SAME WILL JACKSON MIDDLE SCHOOL AND VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL AS A LOCATION TO PICK UP THOSE MEALS TO GO. THAT PROGRAM GETS STARTED TODAY, 11:00 TO 1:00, AND GOES THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK. REPORTING LIVE IN SACRAMENTO, LETICIA ORDAZ, KCRA