Greenville County Schools will be closed through March 31, and officials have suggested the closure could extend past April 1.
School district leaders have been preparing for this eventuality for the last few weeks.
Families who need medication or other critical items may pick them up during regular school hours. On Wednesday and Thursday, March 18-19, parents or students can pick up Chromebooks, textbooks, and other items that have been left at schools. Teachers are preparing instructional material for students to continue their school work from home.
Additional information on these plans will be available soon. During the COVID-19 school closures, IEP/504 meetings will be suspended while we seek additional guidance from the U.S. Department of Education.
Greenville County Schools has been granted permission to provide two meals at one time (lunch and tomorrow’s breakfast), which eliminates the need for multiple pick up times each day. GCS is also being allowed to use buses to deliver meals to various locations in addition to the 15 school sites we are currently utilizing. As a result, beginning Thursday, March 19, GCS will start handing out meals from 10 a.m. – noon, and will give everyone 18 years of age and younger (and special needs adults up to age 21) a free lunch plus breakfast for the next day. Per USDA regulations, children must be present to receive the meals.
Shown below are the additional sites that will utilize buses for delivery (42 sites, some duplicates in list). GCS will continue to notify you if additional adjustments are made.
The following sites will be providing meals during the school closures:
- TR High School
- Berea ES
- AJ Whittenberg ES
- Welcome, ES
- Grove ES
- Sue Cleveland ES
- Sterling School
- Blue Ridge MS
- Wade Hampton HS
- JL Mann HS
- Mauldin HS
- Hillcrest HS
- Eastside HS
- Greer HS
While schools are closed, nutritionally balanced meals will be provided to all children aged 18 or younger regardless of race, color, sex, disability, age or national origin. Children are not required to be enrolled in Greenville County Schools to be eligible for this service.
Breakfast will be served beginning at 8 a.m. each morning and lunch will be served beginning at 11:00 a.m. each morning at each location. All meals will be served in the school’s car drop off line.
Visit the Greenville County Schools website for additional information.