Food Service + Lunch Program
Our kitchen, like many homes, is a center of activity and connection. Food is prepared from scratch daily, which differs from most public school lunch programs locally and nationally. We believe that the relationship between nutrition and well-prepared food contributes to school as a learning community and leads to good health habits and more focused learning.
Our lunches often utilize vegetables from our gardens, and we regularly offer a salad bar. Many of our students take dual credit culinary and sustainability classes, and are involved in preparing or serving lunch; as well as growing food.
Approximately 61% of Monte Del Sol’s students qualify for free or reduced breakfast and lunch. This program has provided students with healthier meals, but, more importantly, has given them a real-world view of the concept of sustainability in their personal lives.
USDA Nondiscrimination Statement
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/ad-3027.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:
mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
fax: (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
email: Program.Intake@usda.gov
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
Page updated: February 15, 2023
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CEP
The Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) is a meal service option for schools and school districts in low-income areas and is a key provision of The Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act (HHFKA, Public Law 111-296; December 13, 2010). CEP allows the nation’s highest poverty schools and districts to serve breakfast and lunch at no cost to all enrolled students without the burden of collecting household applications. This alternative saves local educational agencies (LEAs) time and money by streamlining paperwork and administrative requirements and facilitates low-income children’s access to nutritious school meals.