Menus and Pricing
Menus are planned with the goal of providing a variety of nourishing items at an affordable price. The menu is planned for today's children's preferences. Students are encouraged to try different foods and to use the cafeteria as a learning laboratory for making nutritious choices. Students in K-3 will be served a set tray with all five food components. Students in 4-12 may select 3 to 5 of the following components to make a lunch: Meat or meat alternate, vegetable and/or fruit (2 different vegetables, 2 different fruits or 1 vegetable and 1 fruit), bread and milk.
To reduce fat in the meals our department does the following:
- Drain and rinse cooked ground beef.
- Serve low-fat sliced cheese.
- Offer skim milk, low-fat milk, 1% strawberry and 1% chocolate milk.
- Sell margarine rather than giving it with the meal.
- Use turkey in such items as ham and hot dogs.
- Not serve fried items at the elementary and secondary schools.
- Offer fresh fruit daily.
- Serve whole wheat hamburger buns, bread and crackers.
A La Carte
An "a la carte" item is anything other than or exceeding the 5 meal components. Students may purchase as many extras as they wish unless the parent submitted an account restriction form. You may view the purchases made by your student by accessing their account through Family Access, or by contacting your student's Cafeteria Manager. The following item are included as "a la carte" items:
| Milk | 100% Fruit Juice |
| Fresh Fruit |
Soup |
| Bagel | Baked Potato |
| String Cheese |
Yogurt |
| Rice Krispie Treats®* | Cookies* |
| Pudding* | Jell-o* |
| Mini Ice Cream* |
Hard-Boiled Eggs |
*Rice Krispie Treats®, cookies, Jell-o, mini ice cream and pudding are available one day weekly (this day determined at campus level).
