Ashley Hunter
ECB Publishing, Inc.
The school campus at Jefferson Somerset may have been closed to students since March, but school buses have been leaving the school's driveway each morning – not to deliver students, but to pick up and then deliver lunches for the school's students.
While Gov. Ron DeSantis recently announced that all public school campuses in the state will remain closed for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year, Jefferson Somerset Principal Cory Oliver states that the school plans to continue distributing lunches to their remote students.
“It takes a village and our village is pretty incredible,” wrote the school on a social media post showing the various district buses leaving the campus.
While the closure of classrooms has shifted most of Florida's students into virtual learning from home, it has also posed a unique problem for students in financially insecure families.
Jefferson Somerset provides a free breakfast and lunch on campus to students, but without a campus and classroom to attend, many students were left without the school's free meals – meals that local families and parents relied on to assist in feeding their children.
In response to this problem, Jefferson Somerset launched their bused meals program, bringing the breakfast and lunches to the students with no cost from the parents.
Students who depended on the school's breakfast and lunches will be able to continue receiving the free meals, as the buses will be shipping the prepared food to the students.
In order to receive a meal, students must be present at the bus drop-off sites at 10 a.m.
For more information about drop-off times, bus routes and more, contact Jefferson Somerset at (850) 997-3555.
Bus #1 will be stopping at:
1285 W. Washington St.
The Montivilla neighborhood
Tallamont Road
Gamble Road
Main Street in Lloyd
The Lloyd subdivision
Lloyd Acres
Christmas Acres
Piney Woods Road
Casa Bianca Road
Bus #2 will be stopping at:
Ulysses Road
Highway 259
Linton Road
Tin Top Road
Cody Road
St. Augustine Road (east)
St. Augustine Road (west)
Birdwell Trailer Park
Bus #3 will be stopping at:
South Waukeenah Street
Palmer Mill Road
Branch Street
Second Street
King Street
Park Street
East Clark Avenue
MLK Avenue
Pearl and Railroad Street crossing
York Street
Rhodes Street
Rocky Branch
Chestnut Street
Florida Avenue
Mamie B. Scott Drive
Georgia Avenue
Mississippi Street
Fountain Drive
Highway 19 (north)
Boston Highway
West Lake and Oliver Lane
South Mulberry Street
Bowman Street
Bus #4 will be stopping at:
Ashville Highway
Bassett Dairy Road
Aucilla Shores 221
Highway 90 (west)
South Salt Road
Hartsfield Road
Flatwoods
Highway 90 (east)
Lonnie Road
Blue Lake Road
Thomas Road
Woodson Road
Kinsey Road
Bus #5 will be stopping at:
Tecumseh Road
Parkway Pines
Smiley Face
Barnes Road
Highway 19 (north)
Stateline Road
Fulford Road
The Dills Community
Dills Road
Bus #6 will be stopping at:
Hall Road
South Salt Road (Rocky Ford)
Barber Hill
The Lamont Subdivision
Turkey Scratch Road
Ed Bishop Road
Thompson Valley Road
Ebenezer Road
Patrick Road
Scottsville
WPA Road
Brown Cemetary
Freeman Road
Pineview Road
Nash Road
Aucilla Highway
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