Free And Reduced Lunch Program
The Free and Reduced Breakfast and Lunch Programs are available for low-income families. Apply after July 1st for each upcoming school year. You may apply at any time during the school year if there are any income changes. If you have received a Direct Certification Letter for the 2024-2025 school year, you do not need to reapply.
How to Apply for Free and Reduced Priced Meals
DO NOT apply before July 4, 2023. You may apply any time during the school year if there are any changes in your income.
Apply for free and reduced priced meals online at School Café.
● Simply create a new account or sign in for an existing account and in a few short minutes your application will be submitted directly to the Food Service
Director.
● You'll receive a custom Pin # to enter and click that your application has been received.
● You'll receive by mail a confirmation letter on your application results.
Paper applications are also available online, at the office where your child attends school, or by contacting Denise Snyder at 717-865-2117 ext. 13529.
Thursday, October 19, 2023, is the deadline for the carry-over applications from the 22-23 school year. If the District has not received a new application by Thursday, October 19, 2023 (the date all applications from last year expire), students will be charged full price for breakfast and lunch beginning October 19, 2023.
Families that have applied for the 2023-24 school year will have received an eligibility letter stating if they are free, reduced or paid lunches by October 18, 2023.
What qualifies as a free or reduced price meal?
The Offer Versus Serve concept is utilized in grades K-12. Offer Versus Serve provides students the opportunity to choose only those foods in which the
student intends to eat. This USDA concept is designed to REDUCE food waste and give the student the opportunity to SELECT only foods they will enjoy.
Breakfast: Students must choose 3 out of the 4 components offered (fruit, protein, grain, milk) to complete a meal. However, one must be a fruit.
Lunch: Students must choose at least 3 out of the 5 food components (fruit, vegetable, protein, grain, milk) to complete a meal; however, 1 of the 3 groups must be a fruit or vegetable.
Choosing less than 3 food groups OR more than 5 food groups will result in being charged ala carte prices. Our staff members are trained to encourage students to select the appropriate items to complete a meal, but they cannot require them to.