Huntsville City Schools providing free meals for students for rest of the year

Pandemic began.

Elementary, middle and high school students across north alabama and the united states - can eat for free thanks to a u-s-d-a voucher.

The free feeding program lasts until the end of 20-20.

Waay 31's sydney martin talked to huntsville city schools about the program... and how it plans to feed all of its students safely..

Henry ward, child nutrition program director, "all the students will be able to eat free meals regardless of their financial status."

Huntsville city schools told me the u-s-d-a waiver given to school districts across the state makes handing out meals during coronavirus more efficient.

It allows districts to just give food to students for free- instead of checking if the student qualifies for free and reduced lunch.

The district currently offers curbside meals service for students as all its students learn remotely... but henry ward the child nutrition program director told me planning already started for how to serve students when they return to campus.

Henry ward, child nutrition program director, ""the food will be transported to the classroom and we will be serving kids in the hallway with meal kiosks at our high schools.

This entails using insulated carriers where we keep the food again at a safe temperature.

Those carriers in turn will go mobile shelfing units to be able to transport meals from the school site kitchen directly to the classroom to the hallways and going class to class."

Ward explained no students will eat in the cafeteria- meaning they will utitlize their entire cafetria staff at each school to distribute meals in classrooms. in huntsville sm waay 31 news.