Food Services

Central Valley Food Service provides our students with nutritionally balanced breakfast and lunch every day school is in session. Meals eaten on campus are free of charge through the Community Eligibility Provision, a federal program that helps underwrite school meal costs in economically disadvantaged communities. Additional items or extra meals are available for purchase using cash or MySchoolBucks. For questions or more information, please contact Food Service Director Dominick Mauro at 315-894-5000 ext 55302 or dmauro@cvalleycsd.org.

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All students receive free meals in school

Central Valley School District provides school meals to all students eating at Central Valley under the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) program. CEP is a provision from the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 that allows schools with high poverty rates to provide free breakfast and lunch to students regardless of household income.

Note: CEP requires the school to provide a complete meal. Individual items, additional items or second meals are not included under the program.

CEP does not eliminate the need to complete the Community Eligibility Provision Household Income Eligibility form. All families should complete the form (unless they receive SNAP, Medicaid or TANF benefits)

What is a complete meal?

A student must choose:

  • One serving of fruit or vegetable

AND

  • Two servings (one from two of the following categories):

    • Meat or meat alternate

    • Grains/breads

    • Milk

The chart below shows examples of items that might be offered at a meal:

FOOD CATEGORY

BREAKFAST

LUNCH

Meat/meat alternate

lo-fat sausage, lo-fat yogurt

cheeseburger, taco, chicken fingers

Fruit

canned or fresh fruit, fruit juice

canned or fresh fruit

Vegetable

not normally offered

tossed salad, hot vegetable

Grains/breads

cereal, toast, bagel, muffin, pancake

roll, pizza, sandwich

Milk

1% or skim milk

1% or skim milk

Cafeteria Prices for extra items

CEP requires the school to provide a complete meal. Individual items, additional items or second meals are not included under the program.

Grades PreK-1

  • Extra breakfast is $1.25

  • Extra lunch is $2.10

  • Extra milk is $0.50

  • Extra lunch entrée is $1.25

Grades 2-4

  • Extra breakfast is $1.25

  • Extra lunch is $2.40

  • Extra milk is $0.50

  • Extra lunch entrée is $1.65

Grades 5-12

  • Extra breakfast is $1.25

  • Extra lunch is $2.50

  • Extra milk is $0.50

  • Extra lunch entrée is $1.85

Making "extra" purchases

Students can purchase additional milk, entrées, and snack items using cash or with money placed on their student accounts.

How student accounts work

  • Parents/guardians place money on their student(s) account(s) .

  • Each student receives a unique account that they access with a PIN.

  • Money can only be spent on cafeteria food purchases.

  • Gives parents an accounting of how money is being spent.

Added benefits

  • This is a debit account. Students can only spend what is in their account. They cannot "charge."

  • Students cannot take cash out of the account. The money can only be used for cafeteria purchases.

  • Staff teaches students how to use the system and helps with forgotten PINs.

Adding money to the account

  • Send cash or check (payable to Central Valley School District Cafeteria) with your child to school, or

  • Use a credit card via MySchoolBucks. MySchoolBucks charges $2.75 per deposit.

  • A single deposit can be used for multiple children within the family.

Complete your household income form

Form has nothing to do with free meals

Although Central Valley provides free meals to all students who eat in Central Valley schools, the district risks losing a portion of its federal school aid because parents are not completing household income forms. Please help by filling out one Community Eligibility Provision Household Income Eligibility form per household. All families should complete the form (unless they receive SNAP, Medicaid or TANF benefits).

Community Eligibility Provision Household Income Eligibility form

Wellness Policy

Under the Central Valley Central School District Wellness Policy, all four Central Valley schools will put greater emphasis on educating children about making healthy food choices, encouraging students to exercise by making it more fun than work, and make sure children are making healthy food choices while at school.

Important notice for parents of children with food allergies

If your child has food allergies, you must provide us with written documentation from your child’s physician. The medical doctor must provide all relevant information including medical orders, written out on a prescription form. As with all school medical information, you update this every year. Please help us protect your child by making sure we have this important information on file.

MORE INFORMATION

Director of Food Services

Dominick Mauro
Central Valley Academy
111 Frederick St.
Ilion, NY 13357
Phone: 315-894-5000 ext 55302
Email: dmauro@cvalleycsd.org

Barringer Road Elementary

Lori Schulze, Head Cook
326 Barringer Road
Ilion, NY 13357
Phone: 315-894-5000 ext 65300
Email: lshulze@cvalleycsd.org

Fisher Elementary

Mary Szewczyk, Head Cook
10 Fisher Ave.
Mohawk, NY 13407
Phone: 315-894-5000 ext 71161
Email: mszewczyk@cvalleycsd.org

Jarvis Middle School

Lori Salvagni, Head Cook
28 Grove St.
Mohawk, NY 13407
Phone: 315-894-5000 ext 81113
Email: lsalvagni@cvalleycsd.org

Central Valley Academy

Dave VanVolkenburg, Head Cook
111 Frederick St.
Ilion, NY 13357
Phone: 315-894-5000 ext 55302
Email:dvanvolkenburg@cvalleycsd.org