Nutrition Services Department

Welcome to the Nutrition Services Department. St. Francis Area Schools provide students with access to a variety of foods that meet the health and nutritional needs of our students. We serve foods that meet state and federal requirements, which are based on the USDA Dietary Guidelines.

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St. Francis Area Schools students to temporarily receive free meals

St. Francis Area Schools is participating in the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) recently extended COVID-19 meal program. The funding is temporary and is currently set to end December 31, 2020, or earlier, if funding is exhausted.

The program will temporarily provide free meals (breakfast and lunch) to all enrolled students on days when school is in session.

All meals are temporarily free, but a sign-up is required for Group A, Group B and distance learning students.

• For hybrid students (Group A or Group B, your student is on-campus 2 days and off-campus 3 days a week), parents/guardians must complete this form. An email confirmation will come from Nutrition Services. K-12 students will have access to breakfast/lunch meals on the day they are in school. Meals will be served by staff wearing appropriate personal protective equipment and seating in the cafeteria will follow social distancing safety procedures. Some students may eat in classroom areas to ensure social distancing. For the virtual learning days, Nutrition Services will prepare chilled breakfast/lunch meal bundles for students to take home; milk is included.
• For distance learning students (your student is off campus each day), parents/guardians must complete this form. An email confirmation will come from Nutrition Services. K-12 students can sign up for cold, wrapped, ready-to-eat bundled breakfast/lunch meals; milk is included. Meal bundles may be picked up at St. Francis High School parking lot, Door 13 on Mondays and Thursdays, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Please stay in your vehicle and provide ID when picking up.
• K-5 students are in-person every day and parents/guardians do not need to fill out a form at this time. Breakfast and lunch are free while USDA funding is available.

All meals will be recorded in students' meal accounts by their PIN.

Note: In-person learners (kindergarten-grade 5) and onsite hybrid students (grades 6-12) will be able to purchase snacks, seconds and extras with prepaid meal accounts

Nutrition Services will resume charging for meals as soon as USDA funds are exhausted. Since the USDA program may stop at any time, please maintain a balance in your student's prepaid meal account.

Families that are approved for educational benefits (free/reduced meals) will continue to receive free meals after this temporary funding is exhausted, as long as a current approved application is on file by October 21, 2020. Please don't wait—click this link to apply now for educational benefits.

Questions? Email wendy.klobe@isd15.org or deb.halde@isd15.org.

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