ALAMANCE COUNTY, N.C. — Alamance-Burlington Schools System's School Nutrition is offering FREE meals to all school-age children from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Tuesday at Newlin and Andrews Elementary Schools, the district says.
This comes the same day the district announced that 16 schools in the district have toxic mold in them.
The Grab & Go Meals will continue Wednesday. This is open to any school-age child. Families can come pick up meals for their children.
Sites that will be open tomorrow are:
Andrews Elementary
Newlin Elementary
Elon Elementary (720 Walker Rd. Elon NC 27244)
Southeast Alamance High (3400 S North Carolina Hwy 119, Haw River NC 27258)
First United Methodist Church (303 North Main St Graham 27253- Food truck in parking lot
Meals for students will be handed out from 11-1.
Mold issues have forced Alamance-Burlington Schools Systems to delay the start of school —again, this time to September 11.
Jessica Baldwin received meals Tuesday for her children. She said the Grab & Go meals are helpful but she's nervous to send her children back to school next week.
"Concerned about the mold and stuff like that and hopefully they do get it clean," Baldwin said.
The mold remediation for these schools' costs nearly $17 million. The district said it will hire around 2,000 contractors to help with the cleanup.
The Alamance-Burlington School System announced Tuesday that the County Commissioners have allowed the reallocation of $3.9 million in funding to support ongoing mold remediation efforts in ABSS schools.
The funding, the district said was originally allocated for a roof project at Southern Alamance High School, will now be repurposed to continue mold remediation work across the District.
The District plans to post air quality results once all buildings are remediated.
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