Sunday, April 25, 2010

Middle & high school menus April 26-30

SFUSD middle & high school cafeteria menus
April 26-30, 2010

All meals served with appropriate buns, condiments and a choice of milk. Menu subject to change.

Monday, April 26

Breakfast: Buttermilk waffle, Honey Belly Bears, orange pineapple juice
Lunch: Santa Fe chicken w/Spanish rice or rotini bake w/meat sauce, salad bar selection, garlic bread (Veg: Bean & cheese burrito)

Tuesday, April 27

Breakfast: Pancake w/turkey sausage, 100% fruit punch, Cinnamon Elf Grahams
Lunch: Toasted cheese on wheat or beef soft taco, salad bar selection, mini-pretzels

Wednesday, April 28
Breakfast: Bagel w/cream cheese, Honey Belly Bears, grape juice
Lunch: Turkey hot dog or breaded veggie nuggets, salad bar selection, Raisin Bran muffin

Thursday, April 29

Breakfast: French toast sticks, orange juice
Lunch: Crispy chicken nuggets or macaroni & cheese, salad bar selection, sliced multigrain bread

Friday, April 30

Breakfast: Turkey ham & cheese on English muffin, apple juice
Lunch: French bread pepperoni pizza or bean & cheese burrito, salad bar selection, Honey Belly Bears

Friday, April 23, 2010

Elementary school menus April 26-30

SFUSD elementary school cafeteria menus
April 26-30, 2010

All meals served with appropriate buns, condiments and a choice of milk. Menu subject to change.

Monday, April 26
Breakfast: Buttermilk waffle, Honey Belly Bears, orange pineapple juice
Lunch: Santa Fe chicken w/Spanish rice, celery sticks, fresh apple, garlic bread (Veg: bean & cheese burrito)

Tuesday, April 27

Breakfast: Pancake w/turkey sausage, Cinnamon Elf Grahams, 100% fruit punch
Lunch: Toasted cheese on wheat, baby carrots, fresh orange wedges


Wednesday, April 28

Breakfast: Bagel w/cream cheese, Honey Belly Bears, grape juice
Lunch: Turkey hot dog & oven potatoes, fresh banana (Veg: Mini-cheese ravioli w/Ragu sauce)

Thursday, April 29

Breakfast: French toast sticks, orange juice
Lunch: Chicken nuggets w/oven potatoes, applesauce (Veg: Breaded veggie nuggets)

Friday, April 30

Breakfast: Turkey ham & cheese on English muffin, apple juice
Lunch: French bread pepperoni pizza, jicama sticks, fresh pear, Honey Belly Bears (Veg: French bread cheese pizza)

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Faster lunch lines — just one benefit to prepaying for meals

SFUSD's new technology allows families to prepay for their students' meals. There are a lot of benefits:

* Lunch lines go faster.
* Kids don't need to carry cash.
* Families don't need to come up with cash daily.
* Caf staff can pay attention to serving food to our kids, not ringing up money.
* Less cash handling means more revenue.

(and more)

The more students eating in the caf who have prepaid, the greater the benefit!

The technology, MealpayPlus, is up and running in all middle and high schools and, as of this week, the following elementary schools:

Alice Fong Yu, Bryant, Buena Vista, Carmichael K-5, Clarendon, Cobb, El Dorado, F.S. Key, Glen Park, Grattan, Hillcrest, Jefferson, John Yehall Chin, Jose Ortega, Lakeshore, Lafayette, Lawton Alternative, Lilienthal, Longfellow, Miraloma, Monroe, Paul Revere, R. L. Stevenson, Rosa Parks, Sherman, Starr King, Tenderloin, Ulloa, West Portal, Willie Brown, Yick Wo, & Visitacion Valley.

It's being expanded to about six more schools every week. The order of schools receiving the technology was determined by logistics like wiring and siting for computer terminals.

If your kids attend the schools that have MealpayPlus and they eat in the caf, or may sometime, please log on at www.mealpayplus.com and register — then make a deposit by credit card, debit card or electronic check. Families that prefer to pay by cash or check may do so at the school.

Also, if you haven't filed a meal application, please do — even this late in the year. This is essential for families who qualify for free/reduced-price lunch, and the only way to ensure that all those families return the form is to ask ALL families to return the form. If you know you don't qualify for free/reduced-price lunch, please just fill in your child's name and school, write "not interested" anywhere on the form, and be sure to sign it. Forms are available from your school office.

SFUSD high school cafeteria menus, April 19-23

SFUSD high school cafeteria menus
April 19-23, 2010

All meals served with appropriate buns, condiments and a choice of milk. Menu subject to change.

Monday, April 19
Breakfast: Waffle w/turkey sausage, graham crackers, orange pineapple juice
Lunch: Patty melt sandwich or teriyaki glazed chicken w/fried rice, salad bar selection, mini pretzels (Veg: Lowfat toasted cheese on wheat)

Tuesday, April 20
Breakfast: Pancakes, 100% fruit punch, Cinnamon Elf Grahams
Lunch: Cheese piza pizza (whole grain crust) or chicken & bean burrito, dalad bar selection, corn muffin

Wednesday, April 21
Breakfast: Bagel w/cream cheese, Honey Belly Bears, grape juice
Lunch: Grilled chicken w/BBQ sauce or turkey hot dog, salad bar selection, Oats & Honey Goldfish (Veg: Breaded veggie nuggets)

Thursday, April 22
Breakfast: French toast sticks, orange juice
Lunch: Creamy chicken pasta or toasted cheese on wheat, salad bar selection, breadstick

Friday, April 23
Breakfast: Chicken biscuit, apple juice
Lunch: Macaroni & cheese w/turkey ham or crispy chicken tenders, salad bar selection, sliced multigrain bread (Veg: Mini cheese ravioli w/Ragu sauce)

SFUSD elementary school menus April 19-23

SFUSD elementary school cafeteria menus
April 19-23, 2010

All meals served with appropriate buns, condiments and a choice of milk. Menu subject to change.

Monday, April 19
Breakfast: Crispix cereal, honey grahams, apple juice
Lunch: Patty melt sandwich, oven potatoes, fresh apple (Veg: lowfat toasted cheese on wheat)

Tuesday, April 20
Breakfast: Waffle w/turkey sausage, graham crackers, orange pineapple juice
Lunch: Cheese piza pizza (whole grain crust), baby carrots, fresh orange wedges

Wednesday, April 21
Breakfast: Bagel w/cream cheese, Honey Belly Bears, grape juice
Lunch: Grilled chicken patty w/green beans, organic fresh fruit (Veg: breaded veggie nuggets)

Thursday, April 22
Breakfast: French toast sticks, orange juice
Lunch: Creamy chicken pasta, celery sticks, pineapple tidbits, breadstick (Veg: mini cheese ravioli with Ragu sauce)

Friday, April 23
Breakfast: Chicken biscuit, apple juice
Lunch: Macaroni & cheese w/turkey ham, baby carrots, fresh grapes, mini pretzels (Veg: Macaroni & cheese)

Friday, April 9, 2010

A users' guide to SFUSD school lunches

What’s for lunch in your San Francisco public schools?

o Lunch is served in the cafeteria at every San Francisco Unified School District school, from kindergarten to 12th grade, during the school lunch periods.

o Lunch is free to students who qualify for free and reduced-price meals, based on the National School Lunch Program meal application. Prices for other students are $2.00 in elementary (K-5) schools, $2.50 in middle (6-8) schools and $3.00 in high schools. There is no singling out or identifying low-income students. The price for adults is $3.50.

o Some examples of lunch menus:
• Orange chicken with rice and vegetables, applesauce and breadstick
• Bean and cheese burrito with buttered corn and orange wedges
• Turkey ham and cheese on whole wheat bread, zucchini sticks and pineapple tidbits
• Patty melt sandwich with oven potatoes and fresh apple

o The meals meet National School Lunch Program nutritional requirements for calories, nutrients, less than 30% calories from fat, and more. Lunches include a fruit, a vegetable, a protein, a grain and milk.

o Salad bars are offered as part of the meal in middle and high schools and some elementary schools; elementary schools without salad bars offer a cut up fresh vegetable —- such as celery, zucchini sticks, jicama, or baby carrots — several days a week.

o Breads, rolls, pasta and pizza crusts are whole grain.

o Dessert is fresh fruit four days a week; the fifth is unsweetened applesauce or pineapple bits packed in juice, not syrup.

o No SFUSD menu items are deep-fried. Potatoes are served only four times a month — always baked, not fried.

o Chicken nuggets — also not fried — are made from whole pieces of breast meat rather than the common chopped-and-formed dark meat.

o SFUSD meals never contain pork or peanut products.

o SFUSD meals contain no MSG, artificial colors, added animal fats or tropical oils.

o A vegetarian entrée is available every day, but should be preordered a few days in advance through the cafeteria staff. About 4 days a month, a vegetarian entrée is offered to all students with no preordering required.

o At high schools, one entrée is always offered that is 50% larger than the others, to make sure larger appetites are satisfied.

o Except for preordering the vegetarian entrée, students do not need to sign up or pay for lunch in advance and may just come to the cafeteria. However, high school and middle school students should have their ID card with them or their PIN number (from the card) memorized.

o The school district’s new cafeteria prepayment program, MealpayPlus, now allows families to prepay for meals to help speed up service and allow the cafeteria staff to focus on feeding the students rather than handling payments. Register and prepay with credit card, debit card or electronic check at www.mealpayplus.com (registration uses the student number, beginning with H-zero, which is on report cards and other school materials).

o Breakfast is also offered in nearly every school. School breakfast and lunch menus are posted on this blog.

o Students must fill out the National School Lunch Program meal application to qualify for free/reduced-price lunch. It’s essential that all families return the form so that low-income students aren’t singled out. The application is available at school offices. Meal applications are distributed and collected at the start of each school year, but may be submitted any time. If there has been a change in family income that may qualify the student, the family is especially urged to file a new application at any time of year. Families that listed temporary income on an application also need to file new applications after 90 days.

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Middle & high school menus April 9-16

SFUSD middle & high school cafeteria menus
April 9-April 16, 2010

All meals served with appropriate buns, condiments and a choice of milk. Menu subject to change.

Friday, April 9
Breakfast: Chicken biscuit, apple juice
Lunch: Chicken tostada boat or mac & cheese, salad bar, apple muffin

Monday, April 12
Breakfast: Buttermilk waffle, Honey Belly Bears, orange pineapple juice
Lunch: Chicken dippers w/tomato parmesan sauce or w/w penne w/meat sauce, sald bar, garlic bread (Veg: Breaded veggie nuggets)

Tuesday, April 13
Breakfast: Pancake w/turkey sausage, 100% fruit punch, Cinnamon Elf Grahams
Lunch: Bean & cheese burrito or sweet & sour brown rice bowl w/chicken & vegetables, salad bar, corn muffin

Wednesday, April 14
Breakfast: Bagel w/cream cheese, Honey Belly Bears, grape juice
Lunch: Charbroiled hamburger or breaded veggie nuggets, salad bar, jungle crackers

Thursday, April 15
Breakfast: French toast sticks, orange juice
Lunch: Orange chicken w/rice or mini-cheese rigatoni w/marinara, salad bar, sliced multigrain bread

Friday, April 16
Breakfast: Turkey ham & cheese on English muffin, apple juice
Lunch: Pizza dippers or rotini bake w/meat sauce, salad bar, carrot muffin

Elementary school menus April 9-16

SFUSD elementary school cafeteria menus
April 9-April 16, 2010

All meals served with appropriate buns, condiments and a choice of milk. Menu subject to change.

Friday, April 9
Breakfast: Crispix cereal, honey grahams, apple juice
Lunch: Tostada boat, baby carrots, fresh grapes, apple muffin (Veg: cheese pizza)

Monday, April 12
Breakfast: Cornflakes, Apple Waffle crackers, fruit punch
Lunch: Chicken dippers w/tomato parmesan sauce, fresh apple, garlic bread (Veg: Breaded veggie nuggets)

Tuesday, April 13
Breakfast: Buttermilk waffle, Honey Belly Bears, orange pineapple juice
Lunch: Bean & cheese burrito, buttered corn, fresh orange wedges

Wednesday, April 14
Breakfast: Apple fruit muffin, 100% fruit punch
Lunch: Hamburger w/oven potatoes, fresh banana (Veg: Mini-cheese ravioli w/ragu sauce)

Thursday, April 15
Breakfast: Turkey ham & cheese on English muffin, apple juice
Lunch: Orange chicken w/rice & vegetables, applesauce, breadstick (Veg: Bean & cheese burrito)

Friday, April 16
Breakfast: Kix cereal (low sugar), Strawberry Waffle crackers, strawberry kiwi juice
Lunch: Pizza dippers, garden vegetable medley, fresh pear