MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS

TYPE OF LUNCH AND BREAKFAST
The school lunch and breakfast pattern, as prescribed by state and federal policies, will be served in each school.

BEVERAGE
All milk shall be pasteurized fluid milk which meets state and local standards.  Milk must be served as a beverage.

MEALS FOR (SCHOOL) ADULTS
The purpose of the school lunch and breakfast programs is to feed children.  However, nonstudents are also allowed to eat.  Neither Federal reimbursement nor children’s payments may be used to subsidize nonstudent meals.  Adults working with the school program, School Board employees, parents, and other visitors are eligible to purchase meals from the Child Nutrition Department.  All persons, except site-based Child Nutrition Department employees and certain volunteer personnel, shall pay for their meals.  Adults shall be served the same meals as students, in portions not to exceed that of senior high school students.  All foods and beverages available to adults shall be a part of the regular meals served to the students.  Adults may have coffee and tea at meal service at their own expense.  Serving of meals to persons having no official relationship or connection with the school is not permissible.

LUNCH/BREAKFAST SERVING SCHEDULE
Breakfast must be served at the beginning of a school day and should be served a minimum of three hours before lunch.  Lunch shall be served at or about mid-day during a period designated by the Child Nutrition Department.  Lunch shall occur between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.

MEAL PAYMENT POLICIES
In accordance with Act 209 of the 1956 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature, each school shall post meal charges in a prominent place in the food service area and all participants shall pay the appropriate cost.  The students’ ability to pay is determined through the free and reduced price meal application process.  Those students not eligible for free meals must pay for their meals at the prices established for full and reduced price students.  Regulations do not prohibit a school system from denying a meal to paying students who have not paid for the meal.

A parish-wide plan for all schools in the Lafayette Parish School System operating the National School Lunch Program that addresses no response and/ or neglectful action to requests for payment of meals and/ or meal account balances, application for meal benefits, or providing meals from home is as follows:

A.        Collection of Prior Year Meal Account Balance
            1.  Notification to home of student(s) account balance from 
                 06-07 school year        
            2.  Offer implementation of payment plan not to exceed
                 07-08 school year
            3.  Continue meal service with new approved meal status
            4.  Schedule parent/ guardian conference with Principal and
                 Child Nutrition Supervisor         
            5.  Request Sheriff’s Department Resource Officer to visit home
            6.  Deny meals/ additional charges to student meal account after the
                 last serving day in September due to no response or no payment

B.         Collection of Meal Charges at Elementary Level            
            1.  Bi-weekly notification to home during the first 15 serving days 
                 of meals charged due to full pay status.
            2.  Weekly notification to School Principals with student listing of applications
                 not submitted for 2007-08 (no 07-08 meal status yet established)
            3.  Follow Collection Plan A.4, 5, 6

C.        Collection of Meal Charges at Middle/ High School Level
            1.  Weekly notification to home during the first 15 serving days
                 of meals charged due to full pay status
            2.  Weekly notification to School Principals with student listing of applications 
                 not submitted for 2007-08 (no 07-08 meal status yet established)
            3.  Deny meals/ additional charges to student meal accounts after the
                 last serving day in August due to no response or no payment

D.        Collection of Adult Meal Charges  
            1.  All non-students shall pay the meal price established for adult meals
            2.  Each adult shall have an identification/ lunch number
            3.  No charges shall be made to adult meal accounts

This plan is recommended to ensure that the Child Nutrition Services Department complies with state and federal regulations and that financial obligations are upheld.   Every effort will be made by LPSS Administrators and Staff to ensure that all students receive appropriate meal service while individual student and family circumstances are evaluated.

TEACHERS ON DUTY IN DINING AREA
Teacher(s) must be on duty at all times while students are in the dining area.  Duty assignment is the responsibility of the principal.  The principal may assign as many teachers as he/she thinks is
necessary.   The teacher(s) on duty is primarily responsible for the discipline of students while
they are eating.  Child Nutrition personnel and duty teachers are expected to work together to assume smooth functioning of the serving schedule. 

REQUEST CONCERNING FOOD SERVICE
A written request, including a statement of the problem, shall be submitted to the principal or supervisor of the Child Nutrition Program.  In case of emergency, the request may be made by telephone; however, a written confirmation must be submitted after the call.