School Nutrition Program Information for 2024-2025
The School Nutrition Program (SNP) is a federally funded program. The SNP revenues are generated from reimbursable school meals, a la carte sales and catering. For school year 2023-2024 the school nutrition program served 355,892 breakfast meals and 472,054 lunch meals.
All students in Pulaski County are eligible for all meals – to include breakfast and lunch - served at school at NO COST under the Community Eligibility Provision. Students will be allowed to purchase extra items, providing the student has cash or enough money on their school meal account to cover the cost of a la carte items.
Charges: We will not allow charges for any food or beverage item.
Breakfast: K-12
Students must choose a minimum of ½ cup fruit or juice with breakfast (80% of grains served for breakfast must be whole-grain rich).
· 2 oz. Whole grain or 1oz Whole Grain & 1oz Protein item
· Fruit or Vegetable – up to 1 cup per student (4 oz 100% juice and/or ½ c fruit - fresh, canned or frozen)
· 8 oz. – Fat free flavored or unflavored milk, or 1% white milk
Breakfast menus are planned according to student preference and meal pattern requirements. (PK students are offered only white milk – portions are most often the same as K-12, but may be reduced)
Do students have to take everything? Students are encouraged to take everything that makes up a reimbursable meal for breakfast and lunch. At breakfast they are required to take 3 of 4 items offered that meet the breakfast requirement portion sizes, and one item must be fruit or 100% fruit juice. Lunch: Students are required to choose 3 of 5 items that meet the portion size requirements and one item must be a ½ cup serving of a fruit or a vegetable.
Elementary School Lunch: K-5
· Meat/Protein item (8-10 oz. per week)
· Whole Grains (8-9 oz. per week)
· Fresh, canned or frozen fruit (K-5- 2.5 cups per week)
· Vegetables – fresh, canned or frozen – (K-5– 2.5 cups per week)
· Milk: 8oz flavored, unflavored Fat Free or 1% White Milk or Fat Free
Pulaski County Middle and High School Lunch are offered the same menus with slightly different portion requirements.
· Meat/Protein - Grade Group 6-8 (9-10 oz. per week) Grade Group 9-12 – (10-12 oz. per week)
· Whole Grains - Grade Group 6-8 - (8-10 oz. per week) Grade Group 9-12 - (10-12 oz. per week)
· Fruit – fresh, canned or frozen
o Grade Group 6-8 (2.5 cups per week)
o Grade Group 9-12 – (up to 5 cups per week)
· Vegetables – fresh, canned or frozen
o Grade Group 6-8 – 3.75 cups per week
o Grade Group 9-12 - 5 cups per week
· Milk: Fat Free 8 oz. flavored or unflavored or Fat Free or 1% White Milk
The meal pattern requirements include portion sizes for breakfast and lunch. Meals for lunch requires specific sub vegetable groups that include:
· Red/Orange Vegetables: 1 ¼ c. Grade Group 9-12 & ¾ c. Grade Group K-8
· Beans & Legumes: ½ c. per week
Dark Greens: ½ c. per week
· Whole grains in specific quantities for the week
The menus are certified for performance based menu planning to ensure the USDA meal pattern requirements are met for all grade groups. Currently School Nutrition is meeting the Sodium Target 1A and within the specific caloric range for all grade groups.
Adult patrons are always welcome to eat with us! Adult staff members will be charged a la carte prices for any items selected for breakfast or lunch. Full meal prices for adults for the 24-25 school year will be $4.65 for lunch and $2.75 for breakfast.
Farm to School continues to be a very important part of the school nutrition program. Pulaski County School Nutrition, in partnership with Mountain View Farms, will be serving locally sourced ground beef for the coming school year.
The Pulaski County School Wellness Policy and information related to Food Allergy guidance may be found on the PCVA/School Nutrition and Fitness webpage.
The Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) continues to operate in every school in the district with after-school academic enrichment. Our focus is to provide snack and/or supper meals for at risk students that participate in enrichment activities.
Advisory meetings with students: The feedback we receive from students is a helpful tool in menu planning and also to hear ideas or suggestions. Students are our most important customers! Our focus is students and the menu items that keep them coming back.
Alternate breakfast programs have turned out to be very successful. This breakfast in the classroom model will continue through the 2024-2025 school year.
Pulaski County Middle and Pulaski County High school will offer multiple menu items each day unless otherwise noted.
The opportunity to provide extra funds for your student is available online. School Nutrition provides the following payment options:
Cash or checks are accepted at Point of Service - Please write student pin# on checks to ensure payment is correctly applied. Online prepay: My School Bucks: www.myschoolbucks.com
Snacks and extra foods offered for sale meet smart snack compliance guidelines. Snack prices will be as follows for the 2024-2025 school year (this list does not include all snack items sold):
Milk - $0.75 String Cheese - $0.75 Chips $1.00 Jerky – Fast Fuel $1.00
8 oz Water - $0.75 16.9 oz Water - $1.25 Lunch Entrée $2.00 WG Items - $0.85
Breakfast Entrée $1.75 Grandma’s Cookies $1.25 Fruit $0.75 Vegetable $0.75
Management Team/Contact Information
PCHS Pulaski County Middle
Sheila Stodder Ashley Hubbard
sstodder@pcva.us ahubbard@pcva.us
540 643-0377 540 643-0836
Critzer Pulaski Elementary Dublin Elementary
Lorana Jones Kimberly Secrist Millie Weaver
ljones@pcva.us ksecrist@pcva.us millie.weaver@pcva.us
540 643-0515 540 643-0954 540 643-0760
Riverlawn Snowville
Tammy Kolarich April Goble
tkolarich@pcva.us agoble@pcva.us
540 643-0906 540 643-0457
School Board Office
Jessica M. Morrison, Director of School Nutrition - 540 994-2523 or email jessica.morrison@pcva.us
Elaine East Accounting Office Assistant – 540 994-2529 or eeast@pcva.us
Ø Check out the School Nutrition & Fitness Website (for menus and much more)
In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.
Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ad-3027.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:
mail:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; orfax:
(833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; oremail:
Program.Intake@usda.gov
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.