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Photos: Student meal services begin as school closures take hold
Mar. 23, 2020 4:50 pm
Johnson STEAM Academy in Southeast Cedar Rapids is among the schools offering meals for students under 18 to take home
Second grade teacher Michele Dorrance passes out grab 'n' go meals to students out front of the Johnson STEAM Academy in Cedar Rapids on Monday, March 23, 2020. The school provided a hot lunch as well as a breakfast for Tuesday morning to families and students under 18 who came to pick them up on foot or by car. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Paraeducator Ellen Bloomquist (right) hands grab 'n' go meals to third grade teacher Katie Glime for a family at the Johnson STEAM Academy in Cedar Rapids on Monday, March 23, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Vayda, 7, smiles while holding the family dog, Simba, 6, and a grab 'n' go meal from her school joined by her sister Aliyah, 5, and father, Mike Gonzalez, at the Johnson STEAM Academy in Cedar Rapids on Monday, March 23, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Officer Spencer Watts, the student resource officer for Washington High School, passes bagged meals to a family through their window at the Johnson STEAM Academy in Cedar Rapids on Monday, March 23, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Jaishawn Slatter, 9, runs to give an air-hug his second grade teacher Michele Dorrance while picking up a grab 'n' go meal at the Johnson STEAM Academy in Cedar Rapids on Monday, March 23, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Students hold grab 'n' go meals for themselves and other family members before walking home from the Johnson STEAM Academy in Cedar Rapids on Monday, March 23, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Third grade teacher Katie Glime passes two grab 'n' go meals to a family in their car at the Johnson STEAM Academy in Cedar Rapids on Monday, March 23, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Elementary engagement specialist Mark Taylor talks to students after they pick up their grab 'n' go meals for the day at the Johnson STEAM Academy in Cedar Rapids on Monday, March 23, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Wade Banes of Cedar Rapids walks with his kids and those he's looking after after picking up grab 'n' go meals for them all at the Johnson STEAM Academy in Cedar Rapids on Monday, March 23, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
A sign gives instructions to both walk-up and drive-up meal recipients out front of Johnson STEAM Academy in Cedar Rapids on Monday, March 23, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Jaishawn Slatter, 9, turns back to wait for his brother Troy Williams, 10, as they walk home with grab 'n' go meals for themselves and their five other siblings at the Johnson STEAM Academy in Cedar Rapids on Monday, March 23, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Cones are seen spaced out at least six feet to keep people a safe distance from one another if a line were to form for grab 'n' go meals at the Johnson STEAM Academy in Cedar Rapids on Monday, March 23, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Vayda Gonzalez, 7, runs with the family dog, Simba, 6, to greet one of her teachers and pick up a grab 'n' go meal with her sister and father at the Johnson STEAM Academy in Cedar Rapids on Monday, March 23, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
A sign advertising grab 'n' go meals is seen in front of the Johnson STEAM Academy in Cedar Rapids on Monday, March 23, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Students walks down 18th Street SE with a guardian and their grab 'n' go meals from the Johnson STEAM Academy in Cedar Rapids on Monday, March 23, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Troy Williams, 10, of Cedar Rapids holds grab 'n' go meals for him and his siblings while his brother Jaishawn Slatter, 9, holds a few more and talks with his teacher before walking home from the Johnson STEAM Academy in Cedar Rapids on Monday, March 23, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
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