About the Program
Lunch will be $2.90 for full price and .40¢ for reduced.
Free and Reduced priced meals applications can be filled out at any point throughout the school year. Please click the button below to print out and application. Applications are also located in the school office.
All of our menus comply with the USDA national standards set for the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). Each student must take all items including: Milk, Grain, Meat/Meat Alternate, Vegetable, and Fruit.
Please feel free to contact me any time with any questions or concerns that you may have.
Elizabeth Huber
Food Service Director
ehuber@stcatherineearlyed.org
Lunch will be $2.90 for full price and .40¢ for reduced.
Free and Reduced priced meals applications can be filled out at any point throughout the school year. Please click the button below to print out and application. Applications are also located in the school office.
All of our menus comply with the USDA national standards set for the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). Each student must take all items including: Milk, Grain, Meat/Meat Alternate, Vegetable, and Fruit.
Please feel free to contact me any time with any questions or concerns that you may have.
Elizabeth Huber
Food Service Director
ehuber@stcatherineearlyed.org
Allergies and Dietary Restrictions
Meal substitutions
Life threatening allergies and disabilities
USDA Regulation 7 CFR Part 15b requires substitutions or modifications in school meals for children whose disabilities restrict their diets. A child with a disability must be provided substitutions in foods when that need is supported by a signed statement from a licensed physician.
If your child has a life-threatening allergy/disability, we can make a meal substitution for your child. In order to do so we must obtain a medical note from a licensed physician that describes the child’s condition. Obtaining the physician’s phone number may help if there are any questions.
The physician’s statement must identify:
Allergies that are not life-threatening are considered special dietary needs, but not disabilities. School nutrition programs are not required to make food substitutions for students with special dietary needs that are not a disability. However, if the licensed physician determines that a child’s food allergy may result in severe, life-threatening (anaphylactic) reactions, the child’s condition would meet the definition of a “disability” and substitutions prescribed by the licensed physician must be made.
St Catherine of Siena Early Childhood Education Center’s school food program will not make accommodations to meals for non-life-threatening conditions. Milk substitutions are not allowed in this situation. However, water is available in the cafeteria.
Life threatening allergies and disabilities
USDA Regulation 7 CFR Part 15b requires substitutions or modifications in school meals for children whose disabilities restrict their diets. A child with a disability must be provided substitutions in foods when that need is supported by a signed statement from a licensed physician.
If your child has a life-threatening allergy/disability, we can make a meal substitution for your child. In order to do so we must obtain a medical note from a licensed physician that describes the child’s condition. Obtaining the physician’s phone number may help if there are any questions.
The physician’s statement must identify:
- The child’s disability
- An explanation of why the disability restricts the child’s diet
- The major life activity affected by the disability
- The food or foods to be omitted from the child’s diet, and the food or choice of food that must be substituted
If we do not receive a medical statement from a recognized medical authority, your child will receive a regular lunch tray. Medical statements completed by parents or guardians will not be accepted.
In Cases of Non-Life Threatening Food Allergies
Generally, children with food allergies or intolerances do not have a disability, as defined under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act or Part B of IDEA, and school food service may, but is not required to, make food substitutions for them. However, when a physician statement is presented that food allergies may result in severe, life-threatening (anaphylactic) reactions, the child’s condition would meet the definition of “disability”, and the substitutions prescribed by the licensed physician must be made.
A common example of a non-life threatening allergy would be lactose intolerance, in which case the district is not required to offer a substitute for milk.
Allergies that are not life-threatening are considered special dietary needs, but not disabilities. School nutrition programs are not required to make food substitutions for students with special dietary needs that are not a disability. However, if the licensed physician determines that a child’s food allergy may result in severe, life-threatening (anaphylactic) reactions, the child’s condition would meet the definition of a “disability” and substitutions prescribed by the licensed physician must be made.
St Catherine of Siena Early Childhood Education Center’s school food program will not make accommodations to meals for non-life-threatening conditions. Milk substitutions are not allowed in this situation. However, water is available in the cafeteria.
School Meals Program information
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, disability, age, 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: How to File a Complaint, 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.
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: How to File a Complaint, 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.