Food Service

MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of the Mt Lebanon School District Food Service Department is to promote good nutrition by providing quality meals while maintaining the highest level of customer satisfaction.

 

The Mt. Lebanon School District’s Food Service Department is committed to providing healthy and well-balanced meals to your children. Our cafeteria is focused on health, wellness and good nutrition. We continuously strive to offer a large variety of quality food choices in the cafeteria.

 

Freshly prepared, nutritious lunches will be provided by our food service department. Our program follows the nutritional requirements of the National School Lunch Program, Mt. Lebanon School District Wellness Policy and meets the nutritional standards set forth by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

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 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.). The website is www.compass.state.pa.us or you can continue to use the Free or Reduced Price School Meal application. If you apply for free or reduced price school meals through COMPASS, you do not need to submit a paper application.

Good nutrition is essential to growing children. The food service staff is dedicated to helping develop healthy eating habits for everyone in the district.

Your comments and questions are always welcome.

Free & Reduced Lunch Application

In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations
and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex
(including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.
Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print,
audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers
the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the
Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program
Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at:
https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/USDA-OASCR%20P-Complaint-Form-0508-0002-508-
11-28-17Fax2Mail.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to
USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written
description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil
Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or
letter must be submitted 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; or
2. fax:
(833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
3. email:
program.intake@usda.gov
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
05/05/2022

 

The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) ensures that low-income children continue to receive nutritious meals when school is not in session. This summer, USDA plans to serve more than 200 million free meals to children 18 years and under at approved SFSP sites.

Help us ensure that no child goes hungry this summer. Click here for more info.

WELLNESS POLICY LINKS

JLJ Wellness Policy

Policy JLJ Administrative Guidelines

 

School Wellness Quick Reference Guide

Food Sold In Schools

School Parties

Fundraisers

Nutrition Factsheet

Smart Snacks Product Calculator

The cost per Elementary Lunch for the 2023-2024 school year is $2.65. Milk is included with the meal. Additional milk and milk purchased without a meal is $.50 a carton. There are four daily menu choices for the students. We offer a wide variety of fresh fruits and vegetables and encourage students to eat servings of all the vegetables and fruit offered.

ALA CARTE - ALL SIDE ITEMS ARE $.90 EACH

A la carte items are available daily. Any student, even those who bring lunches from home, will be able to purchase side items such as fresh fruit, vegetables, side salads, and juice. Milk is $.50 a carton.

SNACKS

Varieties of low fat ice cream will be
sold every Thursday and are $1.25 each. 8 oz. bottled water is available daily and will be $0.75.

Students must have money on their lunch account to purchase ala carte items or snacks. Ala carte items include second milk or single milk, bottled water, snacks, ice cream or any side items..

The middle schools three tiered lunch system remains with a $0.10 increase in all tiers. The prices are as follows: “Café Lebo” - $2.80, “MTL” - $3.15 and “Blue Devil” - $3.70. Students will choose their entrée from the three different meal options below. Meals are priced according to the entrée chosen. A school lunch meal consists of an entrée with bread, unlimited fruits and vegetables, and 1% plain or flavored milk. We continue to offer unlimited fresh vegetables and fruits as part of the school lunch meal.

Due to USDA regulations, every meal must include a fruit and/or vegetable

Breakfast
The breakfast meal is $1.75 and will be served from 7:15 AM until 8:00 AM. The meal includes one breakfast entrée, unlimited sides of fresh fruit and/or vegetables, and one milk.

Mt. Lebanon High School participates in the National School Breakfast and Lunch Program. School meals are required to meet the most recent nutritional requirements of The Healthier Hunger-Free Kids Act. (HFFKA)

The high school three tiered lunch system remains with a $0.10 increase in all tiers. The prices are as follows... “Café Lebo” - $2.80, “MTL” - $3.15 and “Blue Devil” - $3.70. Students will choose their entrée from the three different meal options below. Meals are priced according to the entrée chosen.

A school lunch meal consists of an entrée with bread, 2 vegetables or 2 fruits, and 1% plain or flavored milk.

Due to USDA regulations, every meal must include a fruit and/or vegetable.

NOTE: Additional side items are $.90 each. Milk is $.50.
Ala carte healthy snacks, beverages, and low fat ice cream are available for purchase daily.

All sandwiches including hamburgers and chicken patties are served on whole grain bread.

HOT BREAKFAST MEAL
Breakfast meals will be $1.75 and is offered in the cafeteria starting at 7:15 every morning. Breakfast hours are 7:15 - 8:00 am. The breakfast meal includes one breakfast entree, two fruits or vegetables and one milk

 

HIGH SCHOOL ALA-CARTE PRICE LIST 

 

CAFÉ LEBO ENTRÉE ONLY - $2.70

 

MTL ENTRÉE ONLY - $3.05

 

BLUE DEVIL ENTRÉE ONLY - $3.60

 

SIDE ITEMS - $0.90

 

SNACKS

 

ALL BAG SNACKS - $1.25

 

MINI SNACK BAGS - $0.75

 

CEREAL BARS - $1.25

 

YOGURT FRUIT PARFAITS - $2.50

 

UNCRUSTABLES - $3.75

 

ASSORTED DANNON YOGURT - $1.25

 

POP TARTS - $1.50

 

RICE KRISPIE TREATS - $1.25

 

ASSORTED ICE CREAM - $1.25

 

BEVERAGES

ASSORTED FLAVORS OF NAKED JUICE - $3.50

 

COFFEE - $2.00

 

GATORADE G2 - $2.00

 

PROPEL - $2.00

 

SPARKLING ICE WATER - $2.75

 

BOTTLED WATER - $1.00

 

BOTTLED JUICE - $1.50

 

BOTTLED ICED TEA - $1.00

 

100% JUICE CARTONS - $0.90

 

MILK CARTON - $0.50