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, 2024 - 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/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:

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.

Para todos los demás programas de asistencia de nutrición del FNS, agencias estatales o
locales y sus subreceptores, deben publicar la siguiente Declaración de No Discriminación:

De acuerdo con la ley federal de derechos civiles y las normas y políticas de derechos civiles del
Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos (USDA), esta entidad está prohibida de
discriminar por motivos de raza, color, origen nacional, sexo (incluyendo identidad de género y
orientación sexual), discapacidad, edad, o represalia o retorsión por actividades previas de
derechos civiles.

La información sobre el programa puede estar disponible en otros idiomas que no sean el inglés.
Las personas con discapacidades que requieren medios alternos de comunicación para obtener la
información del programa (por ejemplo, Braille, letra grande, cinta de audio, lenguaje de señas
americano (ASL), etc.) deben comunicarse con la agencia local o estatal responsable de
administrar el programa o con el Centro TARGET del USDA al (202) 720-2600 (voz y TTY) o
comuníquese con el USDA a través del Servicio Federal de Retransmisión al (800) 877-8339.

Para presentar una queja por discriminación en el programa, el reclamante debe llenar un
formulario AD-3027, formulario de queja por discriminación en el programa del USDA, el cual
puede obtenerse en línea en: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ad-3027s.pdf,
de cualquier oficina de USDA, llamando al (866) 632-9992, o escribiendo una carta dirigida a
USDA. La carta debe contener el nombre del demandante, la dirección, el número de teléfono y
una descripción escrita de la acción discriminatoria alegada con suficiente detalle para informar
al Subsecretario de Derechos Civiles (ASCR) sobre la naturaleza y fecha de una presunta
violación de derechos civiles. El formulario AD-3027 completado o la carta debe presentarse a
USDA por:

(1) correo:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; o
(2) fax:
(833) 256-1665 o (202) 690-7442; o
(3) correo electrónico:
program.intake@usda.gov

Esta institución es un proveedor que ofrece igualdad de oportunidades.