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Food Services is a non-profit business.
Over 70 food service professionals take pride in serving
approximately 5,000 customers daily in 23 schools and special
centers. Lunch
and breakfast is available at all Public School sites.
The
Food Service program, as an extension of the educational
program of the schools, is operated under the federally funded
National School Lunch Act and Child Nutrition Act. The federal
laws regulating the food service programs are administered
by the United States Department of Agriculture through the
regional office and implemented within Washington State by
the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
The
program's objective is to improve the health of students by
providing a variety of safe, high quality, nutritious foods
that students will enjoy eating at an affordable price.
Menus
are planned by a School Foodservice and Nutrition Specialist
and reflect the Dietary Guidelines for American recommendations
of no more than 30% of total calories from fat and no more
than 10% of total calories from saturated fat as calculated
over a weeks period of time.
The
Offer vs. Serve regulation requires that students be offered
five meal components but they need not select All the components for the meal
to qualify for state and federal reimbursements.
Elementary:
Students may decline one of the five food items offered.
Middle and High School: Studenst may decline two of the five
food items offered. Students selection of complete,
balanced meals are encouraged by food services staff
State
law has no provision for school districts to allow meal charges
and no meal charges are allowed for middle and high school
students. At the elementary level however, we realize that
there may be instances when meal account balance notification
to parents is delayed. Therefore, a maximum of three charges
per student, if necessary, is permissible to facilitate parent
notification to bring their student's meal account balance
up to date. Payment for any charges incurred must be
collected by the school prior to the end of the school year.
If three charges are utilized, and the student account balance
remains negative, an alternate meal will be offered. The alternate
meal will consist of a peanut butter or cheese sandwich, fruit
and milk.
Zangle/Food
Service,
our computerized point of service system, handles meal payments
and meal counts. Every student is assigned a personal Identification
number (PIN). Money is deposited in student accounts, preferably
before the school day begins. Accounts are automatically set
up for students who qualify for free meals. These accounts
show a "Phantom" balance of $20.00. Students select
their meal and enter their PIN at the cashier. Zangle/Food
Service allows parents to set a dollar limit on a la carte
purchases, note a food allergy, or obtain a print-out of a
student account. The print-out shows the day the student ate
and what was selected.
Bellingham
Schools are arranged in “cooking clusters”. Each cooking school
prepares and ships a variety of menu items to their satellite schools.
Bellingham High School
Alderwood Elementary, Birchwood Elementary, Columbia Elementary, Shuksan
Middle School, Options High School, Assumption School
Squalicum
High School
Northern Heights Elementary, Parkview Elementary, Roosevelet Elementary,
Silver Beach Elementary, Sunnyland Elementary
Sehome
High School
Happy Valley Elementary, Lowell Elementary, Larrabee Elementary, Fairhaven
Middle
School, Discovery Center
Kulshan Middle School
Geneva Elementary, Carl Cozier Elementary, Whatcom Middle School, Grads, Homeport
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