School districts to provide breakfast and lunch during extended closures

EL PASO (KTSM) — As schools officials in El Paso and Las Cruces announced extended closures of their campuses in order to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, they’re working to ensure students in the Borderland still have access to healthy meals.

El Paso ISD

The district will offer free breakfast and lunch, Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. All meals are take-home only. Students do not need to be present to receive take-home meals.

Parents must take their child to any of the distribution sites to be officially counted by EPISD Food and Nutrition staff. Once counted, parents will receive a card noting how many children live in that household, and that card can be presented every day to receive meals.

If parents cannot take their child, they can present one of the five documentation options as proof that a child lives in that household:

An official school enrollment document (letter or email)
Student report cards
School attendance records from a school district parent portal
Birth certificate for children not enrolled in school
Student ID cards

The cards issued will be site-specific and will be valid only at the school that issued them. Parents are asked to use the meal distribution service only at one location.

Meals are available to all children ages 1 to 18 regardless of district enrollment:

Bowie High, 801 S. San Marcial
Chapin High, 7000 Dyer
Andress High, 5400 Sun Valley
Franklin High, 900 N. Resler
Irvin High, 9465 Roanoke
El Paso High, 800 E. Schuster
Henderson Middle, 5505 Robert Alva
Morehead Middle, 5625 Confetti
MacArthur Intermediate, 8101 Whitus
Armendariz Middle, 2231 Arizona
Ross Middle, 6101 Hughey
Bassett Middle, 4400 Elm
Terrace Hills Middle, 4835 Blossom
Guillen Middle, 900 S. Cotton
Roberts Elementary, 341 Thorn
Coldwell Elementary, 4101 Altura
Lee Elementary, 7710 Pandora
Stanton Elementary, 5414 Hondo Pass
Tom Lea Elementary, 4851Marcus Uribe
Putnam Elementary, 6508 Fiesta
Hillside Elementary, 4500 Clifton
Hawkins Elementary, 5816 Stephenson

The District has added the following schools as pick-up sites for take-home breakfast and lunch during the emergency preparedness weeks:

Barron Elementary, 11155 Whitey Ford
Bonham Elementary,7024 Cielo Vista
Brown Middle, 7820 Helen of Troy
Clardy Elementary, 5508 Delta
Cooley Elementary, 107 N. Collingsworth
Guerrero Elementary, 7530 Lakehurst
Herrera Elementary, 350 Coates
Mesita ECDC, 220 Lawton
Moreno Elementary, 2300 San Diego
Park Elementary, 3601 Edgar Park
Rivera Elementary, 6445 Escondido
Ross Middle, 6101 Hughey
Whitaker Elementary, 4700 Rutherford
Wiggs Middle, 1300 Circle
Aoy Elementary, 901 S. Campbell
Austin High, 3500 Memphis
Canyon Hills Middle, 8930 Eclipse
Charles Middle, 4909 Trojan
Crockett Elementary, 3200 Wheeling
Fannin Elementary, 5425 Salem
Green Elementary, 5430 Buckley
Kohlberg Elementary, 1445 Nardo Goodman
Logan Elementary, 3200 Ellerthorpe
Magoffin Middle, 4931 Hercules
Nixon Elementary, 11141 Loma Roja
Rusk Elementary, 3601 N. Copia
Travis Elementary, 5000 N. Stevens
Zach White Elementary, 4256 Roxbury.

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Ysleta ISD

Beginning Monday, March 23, YISD will be offering meals at these selected campuses to any child age 1-18 on a drive-thru basis. Vehicles will be allowed to pull up to the campuses listed below from 7:30 to 11 a.m. and receive BOTH breakfast and lunch for children inside the vehicle.

Bel Air Middle School
Del Valle Middle School
Parkland Middle School
Bel Air High School
Del Valle High School
Ysleta High School
Riverside High School
Hanks High School
Eastwood High School
Parkland High School
Constance Hulbert Elementary
R.E.L. Washington Elementary
Desertaire Elementary
Capistrano Elementary

Canutillo ISD

The district will offer free breakfast and lunch for any child ages 1-18 in El Paso beginning March 23. Breakfast is served from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. and lunch is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Students can pick up meals curbside at the following locations:

Canutillo High School
Bill Childress Elementary
Garcia Elementary
Canutillo Elementary
Davenport Elementary (curbside pick-up from 7 a.m. – 9 a.m. and lunch from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.)

Buses will distribute breakfast and lunch at designated bus stops. For students that wish to pick up meals at the bus stop, please visit www.canutillo-isd.org/COVID19 for a list of bus stops and times.

Fabens ISD

Breakfast and lunch will be provided to students and children 18 years old and younger beginning on March 23. Breakfast is served from 7:30 – 9 a.m. and lunch is served from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Fabens High School cafeteria

Clint ISD

Clint ISD will provide breakfast and lunch service March 23-27 and again on March 30-April 3.

The meals will be made available at all schools in Clint ISD to pick up and take home, officials said. Clint ISD said to assist families who cannot walk/drive to the schools, Clint ISD buses will stop at specific locations to drop off meals.

The weekday service will be available from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. for pick up at all elementary, middle, and high schools in the district. Service will be available via a drive-thru or walk-up process.

For a list of free meals from Clint ISD click the link below:

CISD-Free-Meals Download

Harmony Public Schools

Lunch will be served to children under the age of 18, regardless of enrollment status. Meals can be picked up each weekday from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. During the pickup, children can pick up a sack lunch for the day and a snack breakfast for the following morning.

Harmony School of Excellence; 9435 Betel Drive
Harmony School of Innovation; 5210 Fairbanks Dr.

IDEA Public Schools

Breakfast and lunch will be available for curbside pickup Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. Families may visit any IDEA campus for meals, even if it is not their own. The service is open to all El Paso children under the age of 18, regardless of enrollment status at IDEA campuses.

IDEA Mesa Hills; 405 Wallenberg Dr.
IDEA Edgemere; 15101 Edgemere Blvd.
IDEA Rio Vista, 210 N. Rio Vista Rd. – Socorro

Las Cruces Public Schools

During the period from March 16 to April 6, LCPS will provide grab-and-go breakfast and lunch to all students at the following locations. Breakfast is served from 8-9 a.m. and lunch is available between noon and 1 p.m.