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A parent picks up meals provided by the LAUSD at a distribution center in April 2020 during the pandemic. The district is setting up similar grab-and-go food centers during the planned strike.
(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Where to pick up meals for students during the LAUSD strike

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Families with students at Los Angeles Unified School District schools will continue to have access to free lunch and breakfast during a planned three-day strike beginning Tuesday.

Two dozen grab-and-go locations, mapped on an LAUSD website, have been set up across the county. Families will be able to pick up six meals per student on Tuesday between 7:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. The meals are intended to cover breakfast and lunch during the days that schools are closed.

The strike is being led by Local 99 of the Service Employees International Union to protest alleged unfair labor practices by the LAUSD.

The union, which is seeking a 30% pay raise, represents staff including bus drivers, custodians, aides and cafeteria workers. Members of United Teachers Los Angeles are joining the strike as a show of solidarity.

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Beginning this school year, all LAUSD students in grades transitional kindergarten through 12 are provided free breakfast and lunch through the California Universal Meals Program. Café L.A., the food services division of LAUSD, estimates that it serves more than 107 million meals a year.

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For a number of students, the school-provided meals are the only nutrition they receive. More than 80% of LAUSD students live at or below the poverty line, according to the Los Angeles Trust for Children’s Health.

The following are the grab-and-go locations to pick up free breakfast and lunch for students.

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Baldwin Hills Recreation Center

Baldwin Hills/Crenshaw Food & Beverage
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The Boys & Girls Club Mar Vista Gardens Branch

Del Rey Food & Beverage
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El Sereno Recreation Center

El Sereno Food & Beverage
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Evergreen Recreation Center

Boyle Heights Food & Beverage
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Glassell Park Recreation Center Complex

Glassell Park Food & Beverage
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Granada Hills Recreation Center

Granada Hills Food & Beverage
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Harbor City Recreation Center

Harbor City Food & Beverage
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Harvard Recreation Center

Harvard Park Food & Beverage
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Hubert H. Humphrey Memorial Recreation Center

Pacoima Food & Beverage
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Lincoln Park Recreation Center

Food & Beverage
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Mason Recreation Center

Chatsworth Food & Beverage
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Pan Pacific Park

Fairfax Food & Beverage
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Peck Park Community Center

San Pedro Food & Beverage
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Ritchie Valens Recreation Center

Pacoima Food & Beverage
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Salt Lake Park

Huntington Park Food & Beverage
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Sepulveda Recreation Center

Panorama City Food & Beverage
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South Gate Park

South Gate Food & Beverage
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South Park Recreation Center

South Park Food & Beverage
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St. Andrews Recreation Center

Gramercy Park Food & Beverage
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Sunland Recreation Center

Sunland Food & Beverage
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Sylmar Recreation Center

Sylmar Food & Beverage
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Tarzana Recreation Center

Tarzana Food & Beverage
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Van Nuys/Sherman Oaks Recreation Center

Sherman Oaks Food & Beverage
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Wilmington Recreation Center

Wilmington Food & Beverage
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