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Changes Announced for ‘No V.I. Child Goes Hungry’ Feeding Initiative on St. Croix

The Department of Education will begin meal distribution to V.I. students on Thursday. (Shutterstock image)
The Department of Education will end meal distribution at community centers on March 2. (Shutterstock image)

With the reopening of some St. Croix public schools for in-person learning, operations in the “No V.I. Child Goes Hungry” Feeding Initiative on St. Croix will change, effective Tuesday, March 2.

Breakfast and lunch distribution will be permanently discontinued at community centers: 

Williams Delight Villas Community Center

Renholdt “Rookie” Jackson Ballpark, Estate Whim

D.C. Canegata Multipurpose Center (outside)

All other meal distribution sites remain open and will serve students enrolled in in-person learning and those who are learning from home.

Updated St. Croix District Meal Distribution Sites (9 a.m. until supplies last for families who are picking up)     

Alfredo Andrews Elementary School

Arthur A. Richards K-8 School

Claude O. Markoe Elementary School

Eulalie R. Rivera K-8 School

John H. Woodson Junior High School

Lew Muckle Elementary School

Juanita Gardine K-8 School

Ricardo Richards Elementary School

St. Croix Central High School

St. Croix Educational Complex High School

Pearl B. Larsen K-8 School – is not a meal distribution site; only students doing in-person learning will receive meals at the school

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