Update from Burke County Public Schools:
Plan changes to grab-and-go meal program:
Burke County Public Schools is reducing its grab-and-go meal sites from eight schools to six, and the
number of distribution days from five days a week to two days a week – Tuesdays and Fridays. The
change will start the week of April 20. The same number of meals will be available to ensure students are
fed breakfasts and lunches seven days a week. Extra meals will be handed out on Tuesdays and Fridays so
families can stockpile the meals for children 18 and younger.
Hillcrest Elementary and Ray Childers Elementary will no longer serve as feeding sites. The school site
locations will be:
● Table Rock Middle, 1585 NC 126
● Liberty Middle, 529 Enola Road
● Mountain View Elementary, 805 Bouchelle St.
● Valdese Elementary, 298 Praley St. NW
● East Burke Middle, 3519 Miller Bridge Road
● George Hildebrand Elementary, 8078 George Hildebrand School Road
For the most up-to-date bus stop times and locations, visit bit.ly/BCPSGrabLunch
The changes come as Burke County Public Schools continues to comply with the CDC’s
recommendations to limit contact with one another and follow the Governor’s stay-at-home and
distancing orders while schools are closed.
Burke County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Larry Putnam said, “I am so proud to say that Burke
County Public Schools started serving meals to students on day one of the school closure due to COVID19 in mid-March. Since then we have fed more than 200,000 meals to children. Our child nutrition team
and school bus drivers are some of our heroes on the front lines meeting needs during this time. We are
still in the midst of this pandemic and still awaiting the peak in North Carolina. We are taking these
measures to do our part to continue social distancing efforts, reduce contact with each other and keep
people at home as much as possible.”
