Food Services
School Year 2025 – 2026
ACCEPTING FREE & REDUCED LUNCH APPLICATIONS
Lunch applications available in Final Forms and in PaySchools. Also, applications can be printed off BCS website or picked up at a school office.
Parents are strongly encouraged to apply for free and reduced meals as applications may be used to determine other state and/or federal benefit eligibilities.
For more information, please call Martha Earick at 937-593-9060 or email earickma@bcs-k12.org for assistance.
PaySchools
Parents can place credit to be be used in the cafeterias by using the following service, (PaySchools).
|
Grades |
Breakfast |
Lunch |
|
K-5 |
Free to All Students |
$2.30 |
|
6-12 |
Free to All Students |
$2.55 |
|
Reduced Priced Students, All Grades |
|
$0.00 |
| Adults | $5.00 |
Extra Milk - $0.55
For more information, please call Martha Earick @ 937-593-9060 or email earickma@bcs-k12.org
OVERVIEW
Bellefontaine City Schools cafeterias serve meals that meet the federal nutrition standards established by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). As a participant in the National School Lunch Program, we serve lunches that follow a strict meal pattern and meet USDA Dietary Guidelines.
School lunches offer students proteins, fruits, vegetables, grains and milk and must meet strict limits on saturated fat. School lunches also meet additional standards which require:
- Age-appropriate calorie limits
- Larger servings of fruits and vegetables
- A wider variety of vegetables including dark green and red/orange vegetables and legumes
- More whole grains
- Fat-free (flavored milk must be fat-free) or 1%milk
- Less Sodium
Lunch provides 1/3 of recommended daily allowance of nutrients and calories for their age group.
There is a critical link between nutrition and learning. Proper nutrition is essential for students to feel better, learn better and behave better.
OFFER VS. SERVE POLICY:
Offer vs. serve provision of the school lunch program means students are offered all five food items each day from within the federally-required lunch program. Students must take a least three of the five food items and one must be a fruit or a vegetable. Students are encouraged to take all 5 items. Offer vs. Serve allows students to refuse a food item they do not like, encourages freedom of choice and eliminates waste.
BREAKFAST SERVED:
High School:
7:00-7:20am – Cafeteria/designated hall – grab & go – report to classroom - every day except on a school delay.
Middle School:
7:05-7:15am - Cafeteria – grab & go – report to classroom - every day except on a school delay.
Intermediate:
8:15-8:35am - Designated hall - grab & go - report to classroom - every day except on a school delay.
Elementary:
8:20-8:45am - Designated hall - grab & go - report In classrooms - every day except on a school delay.
Nondiscrimination Statement
In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity, in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA (not all bases apply to all programs). Remedies and complaint filing deadlines vary by program or incident.
Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.) should contact the State or local Agency that administers the program or contact USDA through the Telecommunications Relay Service at 711 (voice and TTY). Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.
To file a program discrimination complaint, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, AD-3027, found online at USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at https://www.usda.gov/
- Mail:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Mail Stop 9410
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
2. fax:
202-690-7442; or
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