Las Cruces Public Schools Provides Remote Meal Sites Through Bus Service

  Las Cruces Public Schools will begin remote meal distribution sites on Monday with the assistance of STS New Mexico, the district’s contracted school bus service.    

Coordinating bus deliveries to strategic sites throughout the district is a response to families who expressed “extraordinary circumstances,” according to district administration who are working with teachers and counselors to identify those areas in need. Beginning Monday, April 6, 20 busses will make stops in designated neighborhoods to deliver breakfast and lunch to students. Stops have been identified in the Elks neighborhoods, Mesquite, Telshor neighborhoods, Del Rey, Moongate/East Mesa, Four Hills, several sites in central Las Cruces, Doña Ana, Tortugas and neighborhoods off Picacho.  

“Working through this process was a difficult, but necessary task,” said Sean Barham, Chief of Staff for Las Cruces Public Schools. “Families who live far from our closest school site have unique challenges that make it almost impossible to pick up meals for their children. This process will bridge that gap, and keep our students fed just as they were before the COVID-19 crisis.”  

Barham said the district will not operate school distribution sites or remote distribution sites on April 10 in observance of the Good Friday holiday, but students will be able to pick up breakfast and lunch for that day on Thursday, in addition to that day’s meals. The busses will continue to run the remote distribution sites through May 21, the official last day of the 2019-2020 school year.  

For a complete schedule of remote distribution sites and locations, visit www.lcps.net.