Important Information: Free & Reduced-Price Meals Requirements Update
Schools will transition back to requiring family applications for free and reduced-price meals to meet USDA requirements.
In the 2022-2023 school year, schools are required to return to charging for school meals on the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) based on program eligibility.
All Income Elgibile Families Should Complete These Steps:
- As soon as possible, complete the NSLP Application for Free and Reduced-Price School Meals
- Contact your district for where to access an application
- Return the form to the school office or submit online if available electronically
- Watch for notification of eligibility in the mail or in an email
- Familiarize yourself with how your school accepts payment in the cafeteria for meals and a la carte items
- Ask questions! Contact your district with any questions, your school nutrition department is excited to serve you and your student(s).
Why Aren’t Meals Free To All Students At My Campus?
During the pandemic, schools were able to offer no cost meals to all students due to temporary program flexibilities provided by the federal government. These flexibilities have expired, and the U.S. Congress did not provide funding in this year’s budget to allow schools to serve free meals to all students in the 2022-2023 school year.
Your school nutrition team looks forward to serving healthy, balanced meals to every student in the new school year. These meals offer a good source of nutrition for children.
For Amarillo ISD, please contact:
Gail Penka, Chartwells
Child Nutrition Department Meal Prices 2022-2023
Reduced Meal Prices (For all grade levels)
Elementary Student Price List
Breakfast Of The Day:
- Paid $0.90
- (Breakfast Entrée $0.75)
Lunch Of The Day:
- Paid $2.40
- (Lunch Entrée $2.20)
Middle School Student Price List
Breakfast Of The Day:
- Paid $1.00
- (Breakfast Entrée $0.75)
Lunch Of The Day:
- Paid $2.65
- (Lunch Entrée $2.20)
High School Student Price List
Breakfast Of The Day:
- Paid $1.00
- (Breakfast Entrée $0.75)
Lunch Of The Day:
- Paid $2.65
- (Lunch Entrée $2.20)
Staff/Adult Visitor Price List
Breakfast Of The Day:
- $2.30
- (Breakfast Entrée $1.25)
Lunch Of The Day:
- $4.25
- (Lunch Entrée $3.00)
For All Customers
Breakfast consists of:
- Four menu items
- You may choose 3 items for a complete meal:
- With 1 being a fruit or vegetable
- Milk as one of the menu items
Lunch consists of your choice of:
- Five Food Components
- Meat/Meat Alternate component
- Whole Grain component
- Fruit component
- Vegetable component
- Milk 1% or Fat Free
- You may choose 3 different components for a complete meal:
- With 1 being a fruit or vegetable
It is a better value to buy the whole lunch. An entrée by itself costs $2.20 for an elementary student and secondary student. The complete meal for an elementary student is only $0.20 more and a complete meal for as secondary student is $0.45 more. The entrée for an adult is $3.00 the complete meal is only $1.25 more.
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