710.01 - School Food and Nutrition Program

The purpose of the school food and nutrition program shall be to provide nutritional, balanced meals to the students of the school district on a non-profit basis and to utilize the program as an instrument to teach nutrition education.

The school district will operate a school lunch and breakfast program in each attendance center.  The school food program services will include hot lunches through participation in the National School Lunch Program and supplementary foods for students during the school day.  Students may bring their lunches from home and purchase milk or juice and other incidental items.

School food service facilities are provided to serve students and employees when school is in session and during school-related activities. Under the direct supervision of the food service director, school foods facilities may also be used for food service to:

1. Teachers or other school personnel groups.
2. Parent-teacher meetings.
3. Board of Directors approved organization meetings.

The use of school food facilities by outside clubs, organizations, or groups shall be scheduled so they do not interfere with the school’s educational and extra-curricular program.

The school food program is operated on a nonprofit basis.  The revenues of the school food program will be used only for paying the regular operating costs of the school food program.  Supplies of the school food program will only be used for the school food program.

The board will set, and periodically review, the prices for school lunches, breakfast and special milk programs.  It is the responsibility of the superintendent to make a recommendation regarding the prices of school lunch, breakfast and milk.  Employees, students and others will be required to purchase tickets for meals consumed.

The food service director, in consultation with the superintendent, will determine the appropriate costs to charge any other organization wishing to use the food service department and/or facilities.  The amount charged shall be at a rate to insure that school funds are not used and set at a cost as per other policy.

It is the responsibility of the food service director to administer the program and to cooperate with the superintendent and head cook for the proper functioning of the school food program.

 

 

(April 18, 1983; July 15, 1991; July 7, 2003; May 2, 2011; June 23, 2014; November 18, 2019)