The Superintendent will ensure a school breakfast, lunch, after-school snack, or supplemental milk program is made available to all full-time scholars enrolled in the District.
The Superintendent will hire a Nutrition Services Director to oversee the District's School Meal Services. The Superintendent will ensure the Director is responsible for the following:
- The Board will participate in the Commodity Supplemental Food Program operated under the U.S. Department of Agriculture, to the extent the Nutrition Services Director will determine the extent of participation based upon need and economic feasibility;
- Designing and implementing a system of accounts which sets forth separately all revenues and disbursements of the food service operation as required by law and for management information purposes;
- Ensuring the financial objective of the School Meal Program is to maintain fiscal operations on a break-even basis by setting daily meal prices to cover actual costs of providing meals, milk, and accessories, including supervision, less the amount of food and financial assistance received from federal, state, and other sources for meals and milk;
- Ensuring free and reduced price meals are provided to eligible scholars according to standards prescribed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, that information contained in the application for eligibility is kept confidential, and that scholars receiving free or reduced price breakfasts, lunches, or milk are not discriminated against; and
- Providing avenues for parent(s)/guardian(s) and scholar participation in the planning and evaluation of breakfasts, lunches, and other foods dispensed upon school premises.
The Superintendent will further ensure the Director complies with USDA regulations as they pertain to competitive food services and the sale of Foods of Minimal Nutritional Value (FMNV).
