Students who participate in school lunch or breakfast are assured to received a nutritional balanced meal. More variety (as established by dietary guidelines) is easy to achieve through school menus.

Also, the federally subsidized meal is often less expensive than a meal of equal nutritional value prepared and packed at home. With school lunch students learn good nutrition habits that provide a basis for better health throughout their lives.

School meals contain a variety of foods and offer students exposure to new foods. The better-nourished student will generally have better attendance, be more attentive and have more energy to cope with school day opportunities.

The federal government mandates how many calories & nutrients each child’s meal has based upon their age group. Our Food Service program currently offers a nutritionally analyzed five-week cycle menu containing up to thirty-seven different entrée choices for lunch.

In the elementary school’s, a student has the opportunity to choose a meal containing an average of 722 calories of which no more than 24.5% of those calories came from fat. Our current lunch menu in the elementary schools currently exceeds the Recommended Daily Allowances for these nutrient groups:

• Vitamin A - 426%
• Vitamin C - 333%
• Calcium - 178%
• Iron - 108%

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