Food Service

December

• Elementary Schools
• Middle-High School

Students may add money to their lunch accounts on Skyward or bring correct payment. Change will be deposited into student's lunch account.

Online Payment Center

Health Inspection Reports

• Anderson Elementary School
• Old Town Elementary School
• Ruth Rains Middle School
• Dixie County High School

Sanitation Certificates

Food Service Operating Permits

Wellness Policy

Guidelines

USDA unveils historic improvements to meals served in America’s schools; the new meal requirements will raise standards for the first time in more than fifteen years and improve the health and nutrition of nearly 32 million kids that participate in school meal programs every school day. The final standards make the same kinds of practical changes that many parents are already encouraging at home, including:

· Ensuring students are offered both fruits and vegetables every day of the week; Substantially increasing offerings of whole  grain-rich foods;

· Offering only fat-free or low-fat milk varieties;

· Limiting calories based on the age of children being served to ensure proper portion size;

· Increasing the focus on reducing the amounts of saturated fat, trans fats and sodium.

Dixie District Schools participate in the National School Lunch and Breakfast programs as well as the After School Snack and Summer Food Service programs. Our nutrition standards are based on the USDA Guidelines for National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs. Each cafeteria provides a variety of healthy choices for our student meals; which must contain adequate calories per State guidelines. We recommend that students balance dietary calories with physical activity to maintain normal growth, get one hour of moderate to vigorous physical activity each day. Eat nutrient-rich foods daily such as lean meats and fish; eat plenty of vegetables, fruits and whole grains. Drink water, low-fat/fat-free milk and reduce the intake of sugar-sweetened drinks and foods.

We encourage teachers, parents, students and the community to get involved in our Wellness Policy Review each year to help promote good health and wellness to our schools and community. We will continue to meet our guidelines to regulate food with minimal nutritional value, rewards, school parties, snacks and fundraising activities. All foods made available on campus must adhere to food safety and security guidelines. A copy of the Dixie District Schools Wellness Policy will be made available upon request and also available on the Districts web site.

All Dixie District Schools will operate CEP for Breakfast and Lunch. This program requires that the schools serve meals to all participating children at no charge, but reduces application burdens to once every 4 years with an additional 4 year extension when certain conditions are met.

We are not required to collect Free and Reduced Price Meal Applications.

Additional breakfast and lunch meals along with a variety of ala carte items will be available at each school at the 2024-2025 approved prices.

For more information or if you have any questions about your child’s meals, please feel free to contact the School Food Service office or the school cafeteria manager.

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, 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:

mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights 1400 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; 

or fax: (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; 

or email: program.intake@usda.gov 

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

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Declaración de no discriminación

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, 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.fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/resource-files/usda-program-discrimination -complaint-form-spanish.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 emandante, 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; or

(2)fax:

(833)256-1665 o (202) 690-7442; o

(3)correo electrónico:

program.intake@usda.gov

Esta entidad es un proveedor que brinda igualdad de oportunidades.

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Deklarasyon Non-Diskriminasyon

Dapre lwa federal dwa sivil yo ak règleman ak politik sou dwa sivil Depatman Agrikilti Etazini

(USDA), enstitisyon sa a entèdi pou fè diskriminasyon sou baz ras, koulè, orijin nasyonal, sèks, andikap, laj, oswa reprezay oswa vanjans pou aktivite dwa sivil anvan yo.

Enfòmasyon sou pwogram yo ka disponib nan lòt lang ki pa Anglè. Moun ki gen andikap ki

bezwen lòt mwayen kominikasyon pou jwenn enfòmasyon sou pwogram nan (pa egzanp, Bray,

Gwo lèt, Kasèt odyo, Lang Siy Ameriken), ta dwe kontakte ajans leta oswa lokal ki responsab ki administre pwogram nan oswa USDA TARGET Center a nan (202) 720-2600 (vwa ak TTY) oswa kontakte USDA atravè Sèvis Relè Federal nan (800) 877-8339.

Pou depoze yon plent pou diskriminasyon nan pwogram, yon moun ki pote plent dwe ranpli yon Fòm AD-3027, yo ka jwenn Fòmilè pou plent kont diskriminasyon nan pwogram USDA a sou Entènèt nan : https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/fi..., nan nenpòt biwo USDA, lè w rele (866) 632-9992, oswa lè w ekri yon lèt ki adrese a USDA. Lèt la dwe genyen non moun ki pote plent lan, adrès, nimewo telefòn, ak yon deskripsyon alekri sou swadizan aksyon diskriminatwa a ak ase detay pou enfòme Asistan Sekretè Dwa Sivil la (ASCR) sou nati ak dat yon swadizan vyolasyon dwa sivil la. Fòm oswa lèt AD-3027 ki ranpli a dwe soumèt bay USDA pa :

lapòs : U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights 1400

Independence Avenue, SW Washington, D.C. 20250-9410;

oswa faks: (833) 256-1665 oswa (202) 690-7442;

oswa imel: program.intake@usda.gov

Enstitisyon sa a se yon founisè opòtinite egal.

Nutritionally balanced meals will be provided to all children regardless of race, color, sex,

disability, age, or national origin during summer vacation when school breakfasts and lunches are not available. All children Pre-K to 12th Grade are eligible for meals at no charge and there will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service.  

If you have any questions please contact Melody Rollison,

Food Service Coordinator at 352-541-6248.

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