Food Services

The National School Breakfast and Lunch Programs are regulated by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The Enhanced Food Based Menu Planning system is used to plan school breakfast and lunch menus.

Staff

Breakfast

Breakfast is available for all students, parents and faculty members at a minimal cost to the student or adult. The school breakfast provides: two servings bread/grain or two servings meat/meat alternate or one serving of each, ½ cup of fruit, and 8 oz. milk. Students who eat breakfast do better in school!

Primary School breakfast is served from 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
High School breakfast is served from 7:30 a.m. – 8:05 a.m.
*These two schools participate in the OFFER VS SERVE program.

OFFER VS SERVE

• Students must be offered at least the minimum serving sizes of all 4 food items from 3 or 4 food components.
• Students must take full servings of at least 3 food items.
• Students may decline any food item, including the milk.
• Students may take a smaller portion of the declined food item.
• Each breakfast must be priced as a unit. That is, a student pays the same price whether he/she takes the minimum or maximum of food items, or a smaller portion of the declined food item.

Waverly Yowell Elementary and Wetsel Middle School participate in the GRAB-N-GO breakfast system. Students pick up their bagged breakfast after unloading from bus or car and take to classroom to be eaten. The bagged breakfast consists of two servings bread/grain or two servings meat/meat alternate or one serving of each, ½ cup of fruit, and 8 oz. milk.

Waverly Yowell breakfast is served 8:00 – 8:30
Wetsel Middle School breakfast is served 8:00 – 8:10

Lunch

School lunch is available for all students, parents and faculty members. Lunch is served in the cafeteria at a minimal cost to the student or adult. Seniors will be released three minutes early from class as a lunch privilege at teacher’s discretion on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The lines will not be held and no student, including seniors, may break in line.

The school lunch for Primary School and Waverly Yowell Elementary School provides: two oz. meat/meat alternate, one cup of vegetable/fruit, 8 oz. milk per day and a minimum of 12 servings bread/grains per week.

The school lunch for Wetsel Middle School and High School provides: two oz. meat/meat alternate, one cup of vegetable/fruit, 8 oz. milk per day and a minimum of 15 servings bread/grains per week.

*All schools participate in the OFFER VS SERVE program for lunch.


OFFER VS SERVE

• Students must be offered at least the minimum serving sizes of 5 food items from the 4 food components.
• Students must take at least 3 of the 5 food items. This is the minimum under Federal program regulations.
• Students must take full servings for food items to count toward a reimbursable meal.
• Students may decline any food item, including the entrée or milk.
• Students may take smaller portions of the declined food items.

Additional Ala Carte items are available at each school such as chips, water, fruit snacks etc. If you do not wish for your child to purchase these items please send a note to the cafeteria manager and he/she will make a note on your child’s account.

Family Free/Reduced Breakfast and Lunch Application

Effective July 1, 2005 school divisions are required to use a household application to determine eligibility for free/reduced priced meals in the School Nutrition Programs. The application must provide the opportunity for the household to list the names of all children for whom application is being made. The school division is prohibited from requiring a separate application for each child attending school in the same school division.

Once approved for free/reduced priced meal benefits during a school year, a household will remain eligible for those benefits for the entire school year. Households are no longer required to report changes in circumstances such as an increase in income, a decrease in household size or when the household is no longer eligible for food stamps or Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF). This provision applies to students approved by direct certification as well as by application.

Anyone who received benefits during school year 2007/2008 must submit new application for school year 2008/2009. Previous year eligible applicants are given a 30 day grace period at the start of a new school year. The 30 day grace period for school year 2008/2009 will end after lunch on September 16, 2008. Please submit your application as soon as possible. Anyone in need of assistance for completing application may contact Patty Seale, Supervisor of Food Services at (540) 948-3780.

Prepayment of Meals

Prepayment of your child’s breakfast and/or lunch may be made for the week, month and even the whole school year. Students will give their money to the cafeteria manager during breakfast or lunch. The manager will then enter it under the student’s ID. Please remember that checks received must be put on student’s account, no change will be given. Your child will have a running balance and when he/she is running low the cashier will remind the student that he/she needs to bring more money. Any balance remaining at the end of the year will be carried over to the next school year.

Returned Check Policy

If the School Nutrition Program receives a check(s) for school meals that have been returned for insufficient funds, there will be a $10.00 service charge for each check.

Charge Policy

The first and second day a student charges a meal, he/she is told to remind their parents that they need to send in money for breakfast and/or lunch. The third day a student charges he/she is told the same thing and a phone call is made to the parents by either the Cafeteria Manager or the Supervisor of Food Services. The situation is explained to the parent and the parent is informed that if money is not sent in the next day his/her child will not be able to charge but will be given the minimum requirements for lunch. The requirement would consist of a sandwich and milk.

USDA Non-discrimination Statement - 2009-2010 REVISED

The USDA non-discrimination statement for school nutrition programs is to be included on all printed materials that are distributed to students, parents, and the public.  The statement below is the required language for the DOE prototype on-line forms which are part of the division’s Annual Agreement to Participate and is also required to be used on alternate forms approved by DOE.   

Non-discrimination Statement:  In accordance with Federal law and U.S. Department of Agriculture policy, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability. To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20250-9410 or call (800) 795-3272 or (202) 720-6382 (TTY). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

USDA Recalls

The best way for anyone to get email notifications of all food recalls is by signing up for free email updates from www.recalls.gov.  This is a one-stop shop for U.S. Government recalls.  We encourage everyone who needs recall information to sign up today!  It’s easy.  Follow these few steps and you will receive an instant acknowledgement of your subscription from the Dept. of Health and Human Services:

1. Log on to www.recalls.gov
2. Click on the Food tab at the top.
3. Click on “Sign Up for Free Recall Updates by E-Mail”  (in red toward top of page)
4. This takes you to the Dept. of Health and Human Services signup page, where you will:

   a. Enter your email address and confirm same; and

   b. Check the box titled FoodSafety.gov Recalls and Alerts under the FoodSafety.gov Updates section.