An important announcement from the local school district. Please, contact the school directly for more details. We only post it here for convenience. For more information and the latest updates from the District around COVID-19, please visit: www.ewsd.org/covid

The Essex Westford School District’s Child Nutrition Program is committed to strengthening our community by providing healthy and well-balanced meals to children year-round. As it has been announced, EWSD schools will be closed beginning on Wednesday, March 18. While schools remain closed, we will continue to feed our students.

We will be preparing bagged meals (breakfast and lunch) out of our production kitchen at Essex High School, where our professional staff will prepare meals in a safe and sanitary environment. To exercise the recommended social distancing, we will provide meals initially using a drive-thru pick-up style of service.

Meals are free to all children ages 18 and under, no application or prior approval is needed. This meal service will begin on Thursday, March 19. Menus will follow our basic ‘summer meals’ offerings and will soon include vegetarian and gluten-free options, please check our website for updates.

Meals will be served Monday through Friday, rain or shine, at the following pick-up locations:

• Maple Street Park, 8:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m.
• Essex Elementary School, 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m.
• Westford School, 10:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m.

Each pick-up location will provide a child with breakfast and lunch for each day.

As we move forward, we will continue to explore and develop additional drive-thru pick-up sites as well as develop a meal drop-off system to increase convenience. We will communicate any updates as they become available.

If you have any questions or concerns, please email Scott Fay (sfay@ewsd.org) or call the Child Nutrition Office at 802-857-7333.

Sincerely,
EWSD Child Nutrition Program