Nutrition Services
Lunch Menus (Elementary)
Cafeteria Information
- Cafeteria price list
- Free and reduced lunch application - English (pdf)
- Free and reduced lunch application - Spanish (pdf)
Breakfast
A nutritious breakfast is served every morning in each school cafeteria in the Santa Barbara School Districts. Please check with the school cafeteria to identify the time of service. Breakfast includes a choice of an entrée, juice/fruit and milk. In the secondary schools additional items are available for purchase. The following elementary schools offer breakfast at no charge: Adams, Cesar Chavez Charter, Cleveland, Franklin, Harding, McKinley, Monroe, Roosevelt, and Washington schools.
Lunch
In each elementary school, parents will receive a menu for the month through the school’s weekly folders. In the secondary schools there are several choices daily for lunch. Students on the Free and Reduced Program are entitled to receive a daily entrée, a trip to the salad bar, and either milk or juice. Additional items are sold for an additional charge.
Free and Reduced Priced Meal Program
National School Lunch Program application forms are mailed to every Santa Barbara School Districts student household at the beginning of each summer. In addition, applications are available in the school office. The information received from the application is critical to the district and is used to determine eligibility for additional funding. All information is confidential. The completion of the Free and Reduced Priced Meal Program application may also determine the student’s eligibility for subsidized bus tickets and/or a reduction in the cost of high school Advanced Placement exams. If you are eligible for Free or Reduced Priced Meals, a new form must be completed each year. Free meals are at no charge and reduced priced lunches cost $.40 per day.
Cafeteria Accounts
Students may pre-pay for meals in the cafeteria. Pre-payments are tracked by the computerized point-of-sale system when students enter their student identification number into the keypad. Pre-payments may be made in any amount in cash or by check/money order. If payment is made by check, the check should be made out to the “School Cafeteria” and include the student’s name and identification number.
Cafeteria Line Procedures
In order for the cafeteria to operate successfully, cooperation is needed in the following manner:
- All students (except kindergartners and some first graders) need to enter their student identification number on the keypad in order to purchase or receive food in the school cafeteria. We recommend parents of younger students teach their child their six-digit identification number before school begins each year.
- Having cash readily available when approaching the cash registers will expedite the serving lines.
- Students should bring the proper amount and be prepared to pay at the cash register in the school cafeteria.
- When finished eating, students are to throw their garbage in the trash cans and/or recycle bins.
- Eating food in the serving areas is not permitted.
If you have questions, please contact the school’s cafeteria manager.