School meals

North Wasco County School District 21 nutritionists Jenna Hert and Elizabeth Diaz hand out sack lunches at Chenowith Elementary School on March 16, 2020 after schools closed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Hert and Diaz said the lunches were available for pickup by school-aged children in the district at Chenowith Elementary and The Dalles Middle School. Both locations served students from around the district, regardless of which school they attend, they said. The closure was extended Wednesday, March 18, 2020, through April 28.

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Oregon’s K-12 schools now are closed for six weeks, through April 28.
 
Gov. Kate Brown announced the extended school closure late Tuesday, hours after talking with reporters by phone and announcing that 150 of the state’s 197 school districts had found ways to provide meals to children.