Our goal at Saraland City Schools is to offer all students a healthy nutritious meal while at school. All employees are trained to deliver high-quality customer service where everyone is welcomed, valued, and appreciated. We will go the extra mile to serve you with a smile.

We believe that our child nutrition services should be based on the educational and nutritional needs of students. The services should be cooperatively planned and implemented. The primary objective is to make available to every student in the school system an attractive, well prepared, nutritionally adequate meal each day at a price affordable price.

The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, Public Law 111-296 (Dec. 2010)

• Requires the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to develop nutrition standards for “competitive foods” - items sold in vending machines, snack bars, and a la carte lines in competition to the reimbursable school meal.
• Requires USDA to update the current meal pattern (nutrition standards) for school meals.
• Does NOT affect food brought from home or served in classroom parties.

USDA's Meal Pattern (Nutrition Standards) for School Meals establishes maximum calorie/sodium limits for school meals

• Requires schools to serve larger portions of fruits and vegetables. Students must take at least 1/2 cup serving of a fruit or vegetable per reimbursable meal. Schools must also offer a minimum number of servings of dark green vegetables, orange/red vegetables, and legumes per week.
• As of July 1st, 2014, all grains offered to students must be whole grain-rich.
• Requires milk to be 1% or nonfat.
• Maintains current limits on fat: no more than 1/3 of school lunch (1/4 of school breakfast) calories can come from fat and less than 10% from saturated fat.
• USDA's New "Smart Snacks Nutrition Standards for All Foods Sold in Schools" (July 2014) established nutrition standards for any food sold in schools, including fundraisers.
• Additional information on Smart Snacks in Schools can be found at: http://healthymeals.nal.usda.gov/smartsnacks

For Public Release:

Release Date June 1, 2022 - Saraland City School System today announced its policy for free and reduced price meals for children served in schools under the National School Lunch Program and/or School Breakfast Program.  Local school officials have adopted the household size and income criteria for determining eligibility posted for full public release under the documents section in the left column.

Children need healthy meals to learn and Saraland City Schools offers healthy meals every school day.

Applying for Free and Reduced Price School Meals:

You may apply online or complete a paper application.  Remember, only ONE application per household is necessary.

Summer Food Service Program (SFSP):

We want every child in Alabama to have healthy meals this summer. Use the Break for a Plate Location Finder to find your closest site.

Find the site nearest you...

https://www.breakforaplate.com/summer-participate/

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: (202) 690-7442; or

3. Email: program.intake@usda.gov

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

*The enclosed “non discrimination” language herein was added pursuant to the May 5, 2022, USDA memorandum. However, although included as currently required for audit compliance by the USDA, the State of Alabama objects to its inclusion, applicability and the application of this language due to currently pending legal challenges in the matter of The State of Tennessee, et al. v. USDA, et al., Case No. 3:22-cv-00257, and may be subject to change or removal.