Free Student Meals

For the 2024-2025 school year, PJCSD was one again approved by NYS to participate in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) program. This allows us to serve breakfast and lunch at No COST to students, regardless of income! Throughout the school year, we will send out a Household Income Eligibility Form. Completing this form is vital for obtaining district-wide educational programs including, but not limited to being able to offer no cost student lunches, grants, funding, college preparation courses and various engagement opportunities. With each family that completes this form, PJCSD has a better chance of reaching the percentage that will maximize the districts reimbursement rate. With our reimbursement rate at the maximum level, the district will be able to keep our no cost breakfast and lunch program in place while making positive improvements to our menu.  

With the upcoming year our Food Service Department will roll-out new menu options and our students may want seconds! The second meal cost for breakfast at the elementary level is $1.75 and lunch is $2.80. For our secondary students, breakfast is $2.00 and lunch is $3.25. All the Ala Carte, snack and other offerings are going to remain the same prices as last year.  

The new salad bars have been installed in all cafeterias and a smoothie machines have been installed in the High School and HBE. Throughout the year, we will continue to visit students in their cafeterias and classrooms to get feedback on the new menu options, salad bar and smoothie stations. We will be diligent in promoting healthy eating habits, while striving to improve the offerings from our kitchens.

USDA Nondiscrimination 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 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;

(2) fax: (202) 690-7442; or

(3) email: program.intake@usda.gov.

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.