Director of Food Service
The MCSD Food Service Department provides nutritious meals daily to students in every building, offering a variety of menu options for both students and staff. Operating as a self-supporting program, all revenue from cafeteria sales is used to fund employee salaries, maintain equipment across 10 kitchens, and source quality ingredients for our meals.
The Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) is a non-pricing meal service option for schools and school districts in low-income areas. CEP allows the nation’s highest poverty schools and districts to serve breakfast and lunch at no cost to all enrolled students without collecting household applications. Instead, schools that adopt CEP are reimbursed using a formula based on the percentage of students categorically eligible for free meals based on their participation in other specific means-tested programs, such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).
Meal Prices 2024-2025 School Year | Breakfast | Lunch | Single Milk |
|---|---|---|---|
Elementary | $0 | $0 | $0.50 |
Lenihan | $0 | $0 | $0.50 |
Miller & High School | $0 | $0 | $0.50 |
Adults | $2.50 | $4.84 | $0.50 |
Reduced Rate | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
Note: A single milk purchase is $0.50. A student whom brings their lunch from home and wishes to have a milk with their lunch, must purchase a milk.
MCSD is committed to providing accommodations to students with food allergies, when medically necessary. If your child requires a diet modification at meal times, please have your child’s physician complete the Diet Modification Form and return it to the nurse at your student’s building or to the Food Service Office.
Mission Statement
The Marshalltown Community School District Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) Department will serve nutritious, high quality food in a pleasing manner to students and staff of the school district while keeping the department fiscally sound and in accordance with USDA regulations.
As school nutrition professionals, it is our responsibility to provide nutritious meals to students in order to fuel their minds and bodies for academic success. Every customer, student and staff member should be guaranteed high quality food with excellent service every day of the year.