Sylacauga City School District

Free and Reduced Priced   Meals

 Child Nutrition is dedicated to providing nutritious and healthy meals so that our students can be nourished to learn,   grow, and reach their full potential. Lunch costs $2.45 and Breakfast is   $1.50. All students are eligible to apply for free or reduced priced meals. A   family application is distributed to all students on the first day of school. Please complete only 1 application per family and send back to your youngest child's school. Students who attended Sylacauga   City Schools last year and were on the free and reduced meal program MUST complete a   new application for eligibility of extended benefits. New students applying for free or reduced meal benefits are responsible for paying regular breakfast and lunch prices until benefits are issued. 

Meal Pattern

 Child   Nutrition provides breakfast and lunch for all students every school day. All meals follow the menu pattern and nutritional guidelines established by the   United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Breakfast costs $1.50 and lunch is $2.45 Reduced prices for qualifying students is $.30 for breakfast and $.40 for lunch. Sylacauga City Schools follows the traditional food-based menu pattern for all student meals in accordance with USDA   regulations. In 2010 the federal Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act created the most intense changes in school nutrition in a generation. New requirements include increased emphasis on fruits and vegetables, with careful control of calories and saturated fat. See the document below for the USDA Meal Pattern used by all schools.

Offer vs. Serve

Breakfast components are milk, fruit/juice/vegetable, and grains. Every morning four items will be offered at breakfast and students must select at least three of the items, with one item being 1/2 cup Fruit and/or vegetables. It is certainly acceptable to select all four items.

Lunch components are meat/meat alternate, fruit, vegetables, grains, and milk. Students must select, at a minimum, 1/2 cup serving of fruit and/or vegetables plus any two other full components. We certainly encourage students to fill up on all five components for a healthy meal that will nourish them for classroom learning and physical activity.

Alabama Nutritional Guidelines

The Child Nutrition Program operates under the jurisdiction of the United States   Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Alabama State Department of   Education. In May 2015 the Alabama School Board approved sweeping changes in nutritional standards for foods provided to students during the school day.   The changes have raised the bar of excellence for nutrition in Alabama's public schools. 

Wellness Meetings

Wellness meetings are held twice a year at every school. Meeting dates will be published at this site. The public is invited to attend.

 USDA Nondiscrimination Statement

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/USDA-OASCR%20P-Complaint-Form-0508-0002-508-11-28-17Fax2Mail.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:

1. mail:
   S. Department of Agriculture
   Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
   1400 Independence Avenue, SW
   Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
2. fax:
   (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
3. email:
   intake@usda.gov