FREE SCHOOL BREAKFASTS AND LUNCH FOR ALL STUDENTS!

Meal Charge and Prohibition Against Meal Shaming Policy

Dear Parent/Guardian:

We all recognize that hungry children cannot learn. The first step is ensuring that all students begin the day with a nutritious breakfast at home or at school. School breakfast participation has been shown to improve standardized test scores, make kids more alert in class and improve classroom behavior.

The School Breakfast Program is available to all students every weekday when school is in session. No advanced registration is necessary; your child can attend every day or only occasionally. School breakfast provides your child with ¼ of their nutritional needs each day. School breakfast offers a variety of foods each day, which are both tasty and nutritious.

Thank you for helping us make sure that all of our students start the day alert, well fed and ready to learn.

Serving Times:

• CCHS- 6:55- 7:25 AM
• CCMS- 7:45- 8:05 AM
• Willow- 8:35- 9:00 AM
• Lee Road- 8:15- 9:15 AM
• C-O-H- 8:30- 8:50 AM

Please call the Food Service Office at (845) 534-8009, ext. 7700 for more details about the School Breakfast Program.

Breakfast Menus:

Elementary Breakfast Menu 2025-2026

CCMS Breakfast Menu 2025-2026

CCHS Breakfast Menu 2025-2026

Lunch Menu: 

Food Service Update

FOR THE 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR

Ala Carte Price List for Elem 2025-2026

Ala Carte Price List for CCMS 2025-2026

Ala Carte Price List for CCHS 2025-2026

Ala Carte:

Ice Cream - Rich's Ice Cream , Glacier Point Ice Cream 

Cornwall Central School District Wellness Policy

• Portion Size – is regulated by the USDA through the School Nutrition program. The following detailed information on calories and portion size has also been added to our district website under Food Service.

  https://www.cornwallschools.com/ourpages/auto/2019/1/2/42291398/mealpatternchart.pdf

  School Lunch Options – as requests have been made over the years, our Director of Food Service has responded by including those items where possible as options for students/staff. Our menu and offerings are also regulated by the NYS Child Nutrition program.

  Financials

  • The School Lunch Program is intended to be a self-sustaining program that is funded through sales, federal and state reimbursements, surplus food, and catering. With the rising minimum wage and food cost increasing, it has posed a challenge to the school lunch fund to continue to be self-sufficient.
  • The school district must cover any negative lunch account balances at the end of the school year through a transfer to school lunch. If the program were to see a decrease in reimbursable meals, it would decrease the total revenue and could necessitate a subsidy from the district’s annual program budget which would directly impact the funds available for instruction and facilities maintenance/capital project work.

   Food Quality/Preparation

  • Staff are continuing to review sales records to help inform the amount of food prepared each day in an effort to mitigate waste and contain overall food cost.
  • They are also judiciously monitoring what is accepted at delivery and served to students to ensure the food is safe for students to eat.
  • Food is stored at the appropriate temperature and if not it is properly disposed of. Student and staff safety are the focus when questioning whether to dispose of or use an item.

• For the first time in nearly two decades, the federal government has issued new nutrition standards for meals served to America’s schoolchildren, based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. This school year our school lunches will have a new look with many more healthy choices for your child every day! For more information on the Dietary Guidelines, see ChooseMyPlate.gov.

  Students will be offered 5 components to their meal at the price set for school lunch this fall:

  Milk, Fruit, Vegetable, Grain, Protein

  Each student will be able to choose 3, 4 or 5 of these components- however, one must be a fruit or vegetable.

  • Milk choices offered
    • 1% unflavored
    • Skim, flavored
    • Skim, unflavored
  • Fruit and Vegetable offerings will be increased
    • Elementary and Middle School students will be offered ½ cup fruit AND ½ cup vegetable minimum
    • High School students will be offered 1 cup of fruit and 1 cup of vegetable minimum
    • Students must take at least 1 choice of fruit or vegetable daily with their meal choice to be charged the meal price

  Students refusing both the fruit and vegetable component must be charged a la carte prices for the items on their tray

  Affects students at all levels K-12:

  • 5 Vegetable groups now must be offered once each week
    • Dark Green
    • Red/Orange
    • Legumes (Dried Beans & peas)
    • Starchy
    • Other as defined in 2010 Dietary guidelines

  Related Files:
  
  Meal Pattern Chart

Meal Modification Plan Accommodating Individuals with Disabilities in the Child Nutrition Program

BFF is community supported outreach program providing breakfast and lunches in backpacks for the weekends to K-12 students receiving free and reduced meal benefits. 

Forms can be found Here:

Backpacks for Food Eligibility Information

BFF Statement of Limited Liability

News for Educators. EdNet is a monthly electronic journal that provides educators, consumer advocates, government officials, and industry representatives with a quick summary of news about food safety programs and activities.

https://www.foodsafety.gov/

hungersolutionsny.org/find-food-help/summer-meals/

2025 Summer Meals

Hunger Solutions New York is a statewide non-profit organization dedicated to alleviating hunger.

https://hungersolutionsny.org/