To ensure students continue to have access to meals while schools are closed, Burke County Public Schools has opened seven grab-and-go feeding locations. Children will receive a lunch for that day and a breakfast for the next. The lunch will include a hot or cold sandwich, milk, cold vegetable and a whole fruit. Breakfast for the next day will include milk, whole or dried fruit and a grain-based breakfast option (Pop-Tart, muffin, cinnamon roll or cereal bar.)
The following schools will be open for food distribution through the car rider lines from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Monday through Friday:
- Table Rock Middle School – 1585 NC 126, Morganton, NC 28655
- Liberty Middle School – 529 Enola Road, Morganton, NC 28655
- Mountain View Elementary School – 805 Bouchelle Street, Morganton NC 28655
- Valdese Elementary School – 298 Praley Street NW, Valdese. NC 28690
- East Burke Middle – 3519 Miller Bridge Road, Connelly Springs, NC 28612
- Ray Childers Elementary School – 1183 Cape Hickory Road, Hickory, NC 28601
- George Hildebrand Elementary – 8078 George Hildebrand School Road, Connelly Springs NC 28612
On Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., the meals will be available through the car rider lines of East Burke Middle, Valdese Elementary, Mountain View Elementary and Table Rock Middle.
In addition to the schools distributing food, starting Tuesday, March 17, 2020, school buses will deliver meals to bus stops in high density areas Monday through Friday. Cafeteria workers will be on board to distribute meals to students at the different stops. For those who have questions about delivery locations or feeding distribution in general can call 828-433-8047. Delivery stop locations and times include:
Bus #254
11:15 Lydia Avenue
11:45 Pineburr Avenue- Come to Mt Calvary Baptist Church
12:20 Rutherford Square Apartments
Bus #271
11:15 Bryant Road- 2 Mobile home parks
11:50 Oakland Ave Residences Come to First Church of God Drexel
12:15 717 Amherst Road Pick up meal at Intersection of Old Amherst Cir & Amherst Rd
12:45 Hollar Street/Poteat Street (Rolling Green) Drexel Elementary Bus Parking Lot
Bus #220
11:15 Airport Rhodhiss Road and Lake Acres Drive Pull into Lake Acres
11:45 Hickory Airport Road and West View Acres Pull into West View Acres
12:15 Cape Hickory and Indian Hills, Pine Meadows Cir,
12:451st & 2nd Ave
1:00 Rhodhiss Road and Ridge Drive,
1:15 Carolina Ave, Dogwood Dr
Bus #246
11:15 George Hildebrand Drive and Hmong Village Pull into Hmong Village
11:45 Meadow Trail and NC 18 South Pull into Meadow Trail
Bus #273
11:15 Old Brittain and Woodland Hills Liberty Fellowship Church (4139 Old Brittain Rd )
11:45 3409 Icard Dairy Barn Road Pull into Icard Dairy Barn mobile home park
12:15 7903 Old NC 10 (mobile home park behind EBMS) Pull into the mobile home park
Bus #248
11:15 Cline Street & College Street, Herron St & Bay St Pick up at the BCPS S College St Parking Lot
11:45 724 and 805 West Union Street St Charles Catholic Church
12:15 Burkemont and Greenbrier Apartments Pull into apartments
12:45 Regan and Burkemont Avenue Pull into apartments
1:15 Rhyne and Burkemont Avenue PPG Paint Store
Bus #234
11:15 Air Park Drive Right Handed Stop @ 112 Airpark Dr .
11:45 Burkemont and Ross Street Pull Halfway down into Ross St.
Bus #212
11:15 Hartland Road and Hill Haven Circle- Meeting spot Top of Hillhaven Cir right above the Hillside Est Signs
11:45 2509 NC 18-64 (JR Mobile Home Park) Meeting spot- MailBoxes at entrance to Mobile Home Park
Bus #294
11:15 Stonebridge Street 510 E Fleming Dr (Outreach Center)
11:45 607 Valdese Avenue Entrance to Siena Apartments
Bus #293
11:15 Evan Street and Avery Avenue Sherwin Williams Paint Store
11:45 Center Street and Vine Arden Pull into the housing apartments
Bus #250
11:15 Duckworth Avenue Entrance to Mobile Home Park
11:45 Drexel and High Peak Road Meet at Sherrills Furniture
12:15 Ridge Creek Drive and Ridge Court
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Bus #251
11:15 5125 Crawley Dale (Jesse Fisher Trailer Park) – CrossRoads Immediately after crossing over bridge as you enter the park
Bus #249
11:15 Glenwood Apartments / 1300 Burkemont Avenue
11:45 Hillcrest Elementary School HCES Bus Parking Lot
Bus #291
11:15 Spainhour and Oak Hill Drive- Pick up at Falling Brook Ln & Oak Hill Dr
Bus #260
11:15 South Park and Jamestown Road Stop where the loop starts
11:45 Patton Road and Windy Woods Drive Pull into Windy Windy Woods Dr.
12:15 906 Jamestown Road Pull into apartments
Bus #242
11:15 Carbon City Road and Glendale Public Safety Station on Carbon City Rd 10
11:45 1145 Tallent Road- Mobile Home park
12:15 Kathy Road and McAlpine Avenue Pick up at Belle Farm
Bus #283
11:15 Linville Street, Lail Road and Pea Ridge Street Glen Alpine United Methodist Church
11:45 Chamber Chapel Road Chambers Chapel Baptist Church
Burke County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Larry Putnam said, “As always, our first and foremost priority is the well-being and safety of our students, faculty and staff while dealing with the coronavirus. Thank you for your continued support of BCPS and patience during this time. We will keep parents, faculty and staff updated on any changes. I want to thank our child nutrition team for quickly working out this plan to feed students during this time. We did a trial run with limited locations on Monday and were happy to serve 600 meals our first day.”
