4.10 APS Food Distribution Goes to Once Per Week, Starting Monday


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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                     

April 10, 2020

APS Food Distribution Goes to Once Per Week, Starting Monday

(ATLANTA) Atlanta Public Schools (APS) will provide food and meals for APS students and their families once a week on Mondays, beginning Monday, April 13.

Students will be provided with five breakfast and five lunch meals each Monday. Student breakfast and lunch meals will be available along with bus delivery service at all 10 sites listed below. In addition, a bag of weekly groceries will be available at five sites only. Service will be available each Monday from 10 a.m. to Noon, via drive thru or walk up, while supplies last. Bus route information may be found here: 

  • Bunche Middle School – 1925 Niskey Lake Road, SW
    • Five student breakfast and lunch meals and a bag of weekly groceries available along with  bus delivery
  • Cleveland Avenue Elementary School – 2672 Old Hapeville Road, SW
    • Five student breakfast and lunch meals and ​a bag of weekly groceries available along with bus delivery
  • Douglass High School - 225 Hamilton E Holmes Dr., NW
    • Five student breakfast and lunch meals and ​a bag of weekly groceries available along with bus delivery
  • Phoenix Academy (formerly Alonzo Crim High School) - 256 Clifton St., SE
    • Five student breakfast and lunch meals and ​a bag of weekly groceries available along with bus delivery
  • Sylvan Hills Middle School - 1461 Sylvan Road, SW
    • Five student breakfast and lunch meals and ​a bag of weekly groceries​available along with bus delivery
  • Booker T. Washington High School - 45 Whitehouse Drive, SW
    • Five student breakfast and lunch meals available along with bus delivery
  • Hope-Hill Elementary School - 112 Boulevard, NE
    • Five student breakfast and lunch meals available along with bus delivery
  • King Middle School - 545 Hill Street, SE
    • Five student breakfast and lunch meals available along with bus delivery
  • Thomasville Heights Elementary School - 1820 Henry Thomas Drive, SE
    • Five student breakfast and lunch meals available along with bus delivery
  • Young Middle School - 3116 Benjamin E Mays Drive, SW
    • Five student breakfast and lunch meals available along with bus delivery  

APS bus delivery is available on middle school bus routes in these clusters: Carver, Douglass, Jackson, Mays, South Atlanta, Therrell, and Washington. Children do not have to be present to receive a meal. Families are encouraged to pull up at these locations for drive-thru service.

Also, the Atlanta Community Food Bank has more than 50 sites for food distribution. (​APS does not manage the hours or service at these food distribution sites. Families should contact the food distribution sites directly for information about their hours, service, and any other requirements for food). ​Click here to see the full list​ of food distribution sites through the Atlanta Community Food Bank.

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