Food & Nutrition Services

• Meal Components - Students are required to take 3-5 of the meal components to be considered a lunch, one of which must be a fruit or vegetable.  Meal components are dairy, grain/bread, protein, fruit, and vegetable.
• Fruit - High School students are now offered a cup of fruit.  Fruit will be offered in 1/2 cup servings and students may choose two options. Students can choose the same vegetable for both servings.  Middle School and Elementary School students are offered 1/2 cup of fruit.
• Vegetables - The HHFKA requires 3/4 cup for the elementary and middle school levels and 1 cup for High School.  Center Grove will be offering a cup of vegetables to ALL levels.  Vegetables will be offered in 1/2 cup servings and students may choose two options. Students can choose the same vegetable for both servings.  The HHFKA also requires different subgroups of vegetables to be served: beans/legumes, dark green, red/orange, starchy, and other.
• Bread/Grain and Protein - Bread/grain and protein items have stricter minimums.  High School, Middle School, and Elementary Schools each have different requirements.  Our menus have changed by increasing the bread/grain and protein servings in some entrees to meet the new minimums.
• Whole Grains -  By SY 2014-2015 all bread and grain items must be  at least 51% whole grain with the exception of pasta.  Currently our buns, dinner rolls, wraps, and rice are whole grain.
• Milk - All flavored milk is fat-free and white milk is 1% or fat free.
• Sodium - The HHFKA has a ten year step program for lowering the sodium levels in school meals.  Manufacturers are reformulating products along with our own staff changing recipes to meet the requirements.  The first sodium requirement begins SY 2014-2015.
• Trans Fat - Products will not contain any trans fat unless it naturally occurs in the food.
• Calories - The HHFKA have lowered the calorie ranges to help fight the rising obesity rates among children.
• Breakfast - Starting SY 2014-2015 all students must take at least a 1/2 cup serving of fruit or fruit juice with breakfast.
• A La Carte - All extra items sold in school that are not part of the reimbursable meal must follow new standards as of SY 2014-2015.  Items must meet certain calorie, sugar, fat, sodium, whole grain, and beverage standards.

Understanding the Lunch Line: A Parent’s Guide

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Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.) should contact the state or local agency that administers the program or contact USDA through the Telecommunications Relay Service at 711 (voice and TTY). Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.

To file a program discrimination complaint, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, AD-3027, found online at How to File a Program Discrimination Complaint and at any USDA office or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by:

1. Mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Mail Stop 9410, Washington, D.C. 20250-9410;
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3. Email: program.intake@usda.gov.

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ISPEAK

This is a resource document available to help identify the primary language of non-English speakers. It uses a short phrase in each of the 49 languages that an applicant can check to indicate the language they speak. "I Speak" can help local educational agencies select the appropriate translation as well as ensure consistent and effective interaction with applicants who have limited English proficiency.

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In accordance with federal civil rights law and USDA civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its agencies, offices, employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity, in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA (not all bases apply to all programs). Remedies and complaint filing deadlines vary by program or incident.

Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.) should contact the state or local agency that administers the program or contact USDA through the Telecommunications Relay Service at 711 (voice and TTY). Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.

To file a program discrimination complaint, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, AD-3027, found online at How to File a Program Discrimination Complaint and at any USDA office or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by:

1. Mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Mail Stop 9410, Washington, D.C. 20250-9410;
2. Fax: (202) 690-7442; or
3. Email: program.intake@usda.gov.

USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.

WANT TO WORK IN FOOD & NUTRITION SERVICES?

Center Grove Community School Corporation is hiring in our Food & Nutrition Services Department.
Watch the video below to hear from some of our employees and our Food Service Director, Shannon Maples, RD.

   
To view available jobs and apply online, go to our Human Resources Department.