EPISD to offer children free summer meals thanks to Department of Agriculture program

Times staff report
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A summer meal program will help ensure area children are fed this summer.

The El Paso Independent School District will offer all children in the community ages 1 to 18 free breakfast and lunch as part of the Seamless Summer Option meal program funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The free meals are provided to any child, regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability or enrollment status in the district or residency within the district’s boundaries.

Meals will be served Monday through Friday from June 12 through July 7 for elementary, pre-K-8, and high schools, or through June 30 for middle schools.

Children can eat at any participating site.

Breakfast will be served from 7 to 8:30 a.m. and lunch from 10:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the following sites:

  • Clendenin Elementary, 2701 Harrison Ave.

  • Duran Elementary, 5249 Bastille Ave.

  • Dr. Green Elementary, 5430 Buckley Drive

  • Hart Elementary, 1110 South Park St.

  • Kohlberg Elementary, 1445 Nardo Goodman Drive

  • Logan Elementary, 3200 Ellerthorpe Ave.

  • Mesita Elementary, 3307 N. Stanton St.

  • Newman Elementary, 10275 Alcan St.

  • Rivera Elementary, 6445 Escondido Drive

  • Tippin Elementary, 6541 Bear Ridge Drive

  • Travis Elementary, 5000 North Stevens St.

  • Tom Lea Elementary, 4851 Marcus Uribe Drive

  • Bobby Joe Hill PK-8, 4860 Tropicana Ave.

  • Don Haskins PK-8, 500 Mulberry Ave.

  • MacArthur PK-8, 8101 Whitus Drive

  • Murphree PK-8, 499 Cabaret Drive

  • Tinajero PK-8, 301 Lisbon St.

  • Brown Middle, 7820 Helen of Troy Drive

  • Canyon Hills Middle, 8930 Eclipse St.

  • Charles Middle, 4909 Trojan Drive

  • Magoffin Middle, 4931 Hercules Ave.

  • Navarrete Middle, 3501 Hayes Ave.

  • Richardson Middle, 11350 Loma Franklin Drive

  • Wiggs Middle, 1300 Circle Drive

  • Young Women's Academy, 2231 Arizona Ave.

  • Andress High, 5400 Sun Valley Drive

  • Austin High, 3500 Memphis Ave.

  • Bowie High, 801 S. San Marcial St.

  • Burges High, 7800 Edgemere Blvd.

  • Chapin High, 7000 Dyer St.

  • Coronado High, 100 Champions Place

  • El Paso High, 800 E. Schuster Ave.

  • Franklin High, 900 N. Resler Drive

  • Irvin High, 5400 Sanders Ave.

  • Jefferson High, 4700 Alameda Ave.

This article originally appeared on El Paso Times: EPISD to offer children free summer meals through federal program