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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 $1.85
Extra lunch is $3.10
Extra milk is $0.50
Extra lunch entrée is $1.75
Grades 2-4
Extra breakfast is $1.85
Extra lunch is $3.10
Extra milk is $0.50
Extra lunch entrée is $1.75
Grades 5-12
Extra breakfast is $1.85
Extra lunch is $3.10
Extra milk is $0.50
Extra lunch entrée is $1.75
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