2023-24 Meal Information

2023-24 School Meal Information

 

Breakfast will once again be available at NO COST to all North Penn students for the 2023-24 school year! Students qualifying for reduced priced meals will also receive lunch at no cost.  

All students will need to scan or enter their PIN each time they have a school breakfast or school lunch. Every student’s PIN is the same as their school identification number. Please help your student get ready for the school year by learning their PIN! If you do not know your student’s school ID, please email [email protected] or contact the secretary at your student’s school. To help your student learn their ID number, use our friendly practice sheet!

Meal Prices
Breakfast………………………No Cost to Students
Elementary Lunch…………….$2.80
Middle School Lunch…………$3.00
High School Lunch……………$3.25
Breakfast and lunch meals are free to students who qualify for free or reduced-price meals.


School Meal Applications

Application for Meal Benefits for the 2023/2024 school year is now available online. 

Households must apply to qualify for free or reduced priced meals every school year. We encourage families who think they qualify or unsure if they qualify to complete the free and reduced-price meal benefits application, to determine your child’s eligibility. Applications can be completed online at SchoolCafe.com or paper applications are available in every school's main office.

If you have received a Direct Certification Notice you do not need to fill out an application.


Meal Accounts

All students need to scan or enter their student ID number each time they have a school breakfast or school lunch.

Meal accounts are assigned free to every student. Payments can be made to student meal accounts for a week, month or whole year! Any positive account balances roll over each school year.

Add money to a student’s meal account using Schoolcafe.com (transaction fee applies) or send in cash or check (payable to NPSNS) with your student and the school nutrition cashier will add the money to their meal account.


Menus & Nutrition

North Penn SNS is part of the National School Lunch Program which follows strict federal nutritional guidelines. We use SchoolCafe.com to publish our monthly menus online. SchoolCafe contains monthly menus complete with nutrition facts, ingredients and allergens.


Meal Charging & Negative Account Balances

Negative account balances impact our operating efficiency and forces us to potentially increase prices year to year. School Nutrition Services works diligently to recover negative balances. Therefore, negative balance notifications will be sent home weekly via email and/or voicemail. To avoid getting the weekly negative balance email, we suggest keeping meal accounts up-to-date. Parents/guardians are responsible for keeping student accounts up-to-date.

Students will never be denied breakfast or lunch. Second meals and a la carte are not permitted if a student has a negative account balance.

North Penn Meal Account Procedure
North Penn Meal Charge Procedure
PA Act 55 of 2017 Summary

Student Allergies

The district shall make reasonable meal accommodations to students with special dietary needs due to a disability that restricts the diet. A Medical Plan of Care can be found on the SNS website and must be filled out by a physician and submitted to NP School Nutrition Services.


More Information

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Contact Us!

Melissa Froehlich, SNS

Coordinator of School Nutrition Services

[email protected]

215-853-1080

 

Lisa Smolinsky, SNS Secretary

Student account information,

free & reduced applications

[email protected]

215-853-1081

 

Andrea Stewart, SNS Secretary

Menus, nutrition information, student allergies

[email protected]

215-853-1082


Non-Discrimination 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/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:
    (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or

 

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

Civil Rights Complaints Procedure