Offer vs. Serve

Offer versus Serve (OVS) is a system designed to decrease food waste and give students greater flexibility in choosing what they eat for school breakfast or lunch.

General OVS Requirements for Lunch:

• Students must take at least 3 of the 5 food items.  This is the minimum under Federal program regulations. 
• Students may take smaller portions of the declined food items.
• The meal must be priced as a unit.  That is, a student who takes 3, 4, or 5 food items pays the same price.

What's for lunch?
For a meal that is reimbursable under USDA regulations, students must be offered a lunch that contains:

• 5 food items...
• from the 4 food components...
• in at least the minimum serving sizes for the appropriate age/grade group

The 5 food items at lunch include:

1.          Meat/Meat Alternate
2.          Grains/Breads
3. & 4.  Vegetables/Fruits - two or more servings of different     kinds of
             vegetables and/or fruits
5.          Milk

The 4 food components at lunch are:

1. Meat/Meat Alternate
2. Vegetables/Fruits
3. Grains/Breads
4. Milk

What's for breakfast?

• 4 food items;
• from 3 or 4 components;
• in at least the minimum serving size for the appropriate age/grade group.

The 4 food components for breakfast are:

1. Meat/Meat Alternative = meat, poultry, fish, cheese, nuts, nut butters, eggs, dry beans, yogurt, and alternative protein products.
2. Grains/Breads = bread, tortillas, bagels, biscuits, muffins, and many more products made from enriched or whole-grain meal or flour, plus enriched or fortified cereals.
3. Vegetable/Fruit = fruit or vegetable in any form or full-strength juice.
4. Milk = fluid, served as a beverage or on cereal or both.

The School Breakfast Program (SBP) provides a nutritious morning meal before the school day begins. It meets the vital need of feeding children who may not otherwise eat a nutritious breakfast. Schools operating the SBP report increases in test scores, decreases in absenteeism, and an overall improvement in student behavior when children eat breakfast.

Prices

Lunch:

$1.25 – Elementary / Middle School Student Lunch
$1.50 – High School Student Lunch
$2.00 – Teacher / Staff Lunch

$3.50 – Visitor Lunch

$4.00 – Visitor Holiday Meal

$0.40 – Reduced Price Student Lunch

Breakfast:

$1.00 - Student Breakfast
$0.30 - Reduced Price Breakfast

$1.25 - Adult Breakfast

Note: All student lunches and breakfasts include milk. All adult meals include a beverage.

A-la-Carte items are offered at all schools. You may check with each individual school to see what a-la-carte items are offered.

Student Accounts

The Child Nutrition Program is self-supporting and oversees the collection of all cash transactions at each school site. The cafeterias use a software program for cash collection. Each student is assigned an individual account number which is used throughout the school years. When a student's account number is entered into the register, the account information appears on the register screen for the cashier. Pre-payments are appreciated, but single purchases are also welcomed. Breakfast, lunch, and a la carte items can be pre-paid together. Individual account information is available from the school nutrition managers at each school.

Free and Reduced Price Meals