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School Lunch Information

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SCHOOL BREAKFAST WILL BE SERVED
IN ALL THREE SCHOOLS
Sandwich
Cost per Student $1.50

SCHOOL LUNCH PRICES
Elementary Lunches
$2.50 per day, Includes fresh 1/2 pint milk,
Fresh Milk Only – $.75
GMS & High School Lunches
$3.25 per day, Includes fresh 1/2 pint milk

NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM
Valdez City Schools
is pleased to announce our participation in the National School Lunch Program.  Meals will be available to all children at our following schools:  Valdez High School, George Gilson Middle School and Hermon Hutchens Elementary. Meals meet nutritional standards set by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Our schools will participate in the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program.

If your income is less than or equal to the following guidelines you are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. These guidelines are effective July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017. If you have children who are approved for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) formerly known as Food Stamps, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) or Native Family Assistance Program (NFAP), they are automatically able to receive free meals by filing an application that includes their assistance number from one of those programs. Students who are migrant, homeless, or runaways are automatically eligible and do not need to fill out an application. Foster children receive free meals regardless of the income of the household with which they reside.  Note: Medicaid and Denali Kid Care case numbers do not qualify for eligibility.

Income Eligibility Guidelines FY2016-2017

Reduced Price Meals  – 185% of Federal Poverty Guidelines Free Meals – 130 % of Federal Poverty Guidelines
Household

Size

 

Annual

 

Monthly

Twice per

Month

Every Two Weeks  

Weekly

 

Annual

 

Monthly

Twice per

Month

Every Two Weeks  

Weekly

1 27,454 2,288 1,144 1,056 528 19,292 1,608 804 742 371
2 37,037 3,087 1,544 1,425 713 26,026 2,169 1,085 1,001 501
3 46,620 3,885 1,943 1,794 897 32,760 2,730 1,365 1,260 630
4 56,203 4,684 2,342 2,162 1,081 39,494 3,292 1,646 1,519 760
5 65,786 5,483 2,742 2,531 1,266 46,228 3,853 1,927 1,778 889
6 75,369 6,281 3,141 2,899 1,450 52,962 4,414 2,207 2,037 1,019
7 84,952 7,080 3,540 3,268 1,634 59,696 4,975 2,488 2,296 1,148
8 94,572 7,881 3,941 3,638 1,819 66,456 5,538 2,769 2,556 1,278
For each additional family member add:            
  9,620 802 401 370 185 6,760 564 282 260 130

 

For more information, or to get an application for free or reduced-price school meals, contact us at:  Amber Cockerham, at 907-834-4700 or acockerham@valdezcityschools.org.  Applications may also be picked up at each school.

We can’t approve your application unless it’s complete. The information you give us on your application may be checked at any time. You may apply for free or reduced price meals at any time during the school year if your situation changes. If you become unemployed, your child(ren) may be able to have free or reduced priced meals based on your unemployment income. If we deny your free or reduced price meals application, we will give you a chance to appeal the decision.

 

Non-Discrimination 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, sex, religious creed, disability, age, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA.

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 Agency (State or local) where they applied for benefits.  Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.  Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.

To file a program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, (AD-3027) found online at: http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html, and at any USDA office, or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992.  Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by:

(1)  mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410;
(2)  fax: (202) 690-7442; or
(3)   email: program.intake@usda.gov.

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

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