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School Lunch Program Dating Violence & Anti-Harassment/
School Lunch Program
SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM
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1. The breakfast / lunch program will start on the first day of school. 2. As a result of the North Platte Schools participating in the federally subsidized hot lunch program, we can only permit milk ,natural fruit juices, and water as liquid in the lunchroom. 3. Students may choose to bring a sack lunch from home. Students purchasing hot lunch have a choice of several entrees daily. 4. Student Fee Waiver Applications (Free and
Reduced Applications) are made available at the beginning of the year and upon request from the office. 5. Lunches must be ordered by 8:40 each morning, so students arriving tardy should call ahead to order lunch or bring a sack lunch from home. 6. We are unable to serve lunch to students whose lunch account balance falls below five meals x eligibility cost. An alternative meal is always provided regardless of account status. THE
SCHOOL CANNOT CHARGE MEALS FOR STUDENTS. 7. As a courtesy, reminder notes with a lunch payment envelope are sent home stating the lunch account balances. Students are also reminded as they pass through the lunch line each day if they owe lunch money. These reminders are just a courtesy for you and your child. It is the parents’ responsibility to monitor their child’s lunch account. 8. Parents are welcome to visit the lunchroom and eat with us any day. You must call the office to order your meal by 8:40 A.M. Upon your arrival for lunch, you must sign in at the office and receive a visitor’s badge. When you pay for your lunch, please have exact change as we do not have a cash register. Our expectation is that any visitors to lunch will follow the same lunchroom procedures outlined for students. For safety, supervision, and legal reasons parents are discouraged from going out to recess with students. The students will be able to serve themselves vegetables and fruit from a food bar in the cafeteria. The advantages of the fruits/vegetable bar are: 1. Greater variety in choice of fruits and vegetables.
Each day there will be a choice of 5 or 6 fruits and vegetables. 2. Students will not be served fruits and vegetables they will not eat. 3. Less food is wasted. Students will: 1. Be allowed only one trip through the vegetable/ fruit bar. 2. Take as much as they will eat. 3. Be expected to eat what they take.
SCHOOL LUNCH PRICES
1. Elementary Breakfast Paid - Free 2. Middle/High School Breakfast Paid - Free 3. Reduced Breakfast - Free 4. Elementary Lunch Paid - $2.40 5. Middle/High School Lunch Paid - $2.65 6. Lunch Reduced - $0.40
COMMUNITY ELIGIBILITY PROGRAM (CEP)
North Platte Public Schools has two elementary school eligible to participate in the CEP program. Jefferson and Lincoln schools meet the eligibility of the program and provide elementary lunch for free to all students.
FOOD SERVICE CONTRACT
North Platte Public Schools contracts with Sodexo Food Service to serve our School Lunch Program. For concerns regarding School Lunch Program, please contact Mr. Stuart Simpson, Executive Director of Finance at (308)535-7100 or the Sodexo Office (308) 696-3336.
NONDISCRIMINATION STATEMENT
In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information ( e.g. Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.), should contact the Agency (State or local) where they applied for benefits. Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English. To file a program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, (AD-3027) found online at: http://www.ascr. usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html, and at any USDA office, or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by: (1) Mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights 1400 Independence A venue, SW Washington, D.C. 20250-9410 (2) FAX: (202 690-7442; or (3) Email: program.intake@ usda.gov This institution is an equal opportunity provider Diane Heine Director of Sodexo