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Centennial Cancels All Events In April, Part Of May
The Warminster-based school district also announced it is scaling back distribution of free lunches during the coronavirus shutdown.
WARMINSTER, PA — Centennial School District has canceled all activities scheduled for April and the first two weeks of May due to the new coronavirus outbreak.
The extension of the shutdown was announced over the weekend.
Officials with the school district said they will make "a good faith effort" to rescheduled or virtually host all canceled events. Anyone who purchased tickets to upcoming events is asked to hold onto them for now. They'll be good when events are re'll scheduled or the district will refund them, officials said.
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"During our closure, we are working to ensure the Continuity of Learning moving forward," Centennials schools Superintendent David Baugh said in a social media post. "That and the health and safety of our community must remain our priorities."
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Also over the weekend, Centennial announced it is scaling back distribution of free lunch and breakfast for children.
Starting Monday, the district will be distributing free meals on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. They'll be handing out two days worth of meals on each of those days.
The district also is eliminating the 8-9 a.m. early breakfast serving time at McDonald Elementary. A half-hour will be added to the Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoon serving time at McDonald, which now runs from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
The new schedule is:
Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays
- Maple Street Park — 11:20-11:50 a.m.
- McDonald Elementary School — 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
- Szymanek Park — 12-12:30 p.m.
- Crooked Billet — 12:40-1:10 p.m.
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