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District Information: School
Lunch Program
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The
nutritional goal of the school lunch program is to provide children a
meal, which contains approximately one third of the Recommended Dietary
Allowances (RDA). The lunches provide one third of the RDA when averaged
over time -- not at
 each meal. Please review the
breakfast and lunch meal patterns provided by the USDA.
Click here to view our
School Lunch Patterns.
Click here to view our
School Breakfast Patterns.
For the first time, families that have
children attending a public school district can apply for
free or reduced price school meals through the National
School Lunch Program online using the Internet! This
can be done using COMPASS. COMPASS allows
Pennsylvanian's to apply for social service programs, such
as Food Stamps (FS), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
(TANF), Energy Assistance, Children's Health Insurance
Program (CHIP), etc., online. Families can use
COMPASS to apply for free or reduced price school meals
only, or they can apply for other services at the same time
(FS, TANF, etc.)
You can apply for free or reduced price
school meals online by going to theCOMPASS website address
at
www.compass.state.pa.us or you can continue to use
the paper "Household Meal Benefit Application" if you
prefer. if you apply for free or reduced price school
meals through COMPASS, you do not need to submit a
paper application.
Click here to download a PDF version of our
Instructions and Meal Benefit Application for Free and Reduced Price
Meals. This file is rather large, so please allow a few minutes
to download.
For more information on Food and Nutrition, visit the
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Food and Nutrition Service website.
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