Welcome to RSU 24 Nutrition Services!
A primary goal of nutrition services is to produce healthier foods for our students and to help them establish lifelong healthy eating habits.
We offer all our students healthy and delicious meals daily in accordance with Federal Nutrition Guidelines and the Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act. We serve whole grain rich breads, pasta's and grains and offer a variety of fruit and vegetables with all meals. We use only whole muscle chicken and purchase locally grown and sourced whenever possible. All schools participate in the Maine Harvest of the Month program, that can be found on our monthly menus. Qualifying schools also participate in the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable program that helps expose students to a variety of fruits and veggies.
All meals will be offered at no charge for the 2024-2025 school year. All RSU 24 schools are now participating in Community Eligibility Provision. This alternative is referred to as CEP. All students enrolled in RSU 24 schools may participate in the School Breakfast Program and the National School Lunch Program at no charge. Households WILL NOT be required to fill out the free and reduced lunch application this year but forms similar to applications may be distributed by the school to collect household income data for other programs that require this information, such as Federal Title programs.
As stated above all meals are complimentary. A la Carte purchases, such as milk purchased to accompany a lunch brought from home, are not complementary and a student must have a positive balance on their account in order to purchase any a la carte items such as milk not included in a reimbursable meal. High School students may purchase a la carte items along with their meals, however they must have a positive balance or cash to purchase extra a la carte items.
RSU 24 has a new and improve system for adding money to your student(s) meal account(s)! You may now add money to yout student(s) meal account(s) directly through Infinite Campus, our student management system. To do this log into your parent portal>click on Food Service>Pay.
You will see your student(s) names(s) and current balance(s). Under the amount enter how much you would like to add then press add to cart. Click on My Cart to add a payment method and complete the transaction. Payment by e-check will incur a fee of .35 cents. Credit Card payments will be charged an additional fee of 4% of the transaction. RSU 24 is please to report that these transaction fees are significanly less than our former system. If you have questions or need assistance with this please contact Melinda Hellum, Food Service Director
[email protected] or 207-422-2017 Ext, 2119.
All nutrition staff at RSU 24 participate in annual trainings and monthly staff meetings to ensure they are up to date on all policies and procedures. Each school has a Food Service Specialist that you can reach by calling the school and asking for the kitchen, if you desire to speak with them. You can also reach Melinda Hellum, Food Service Director at
[email protected] or 422-2017 ext 2119 if you have any questions about our program.
Have a great school year!
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 at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/USDA-OASCR%20P-Complaint-Form-0508-0002-508-11-28-17Fax2Mail.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:
(1) mail:
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 or (202) 690-7442; or
(3) email: [email protected]
This institution is an equal opportunity provider
The Maine Human Rights Act prohibits discrimination because of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, religion, ancestry or national origin.
Complaints of discrimination must be filed at the office of the Maine Human Rights Commission, 51 State House Station, Augusta, Maine 04333-0051. If you wish to file a discrimination complaint electronically, visit the Human Rights Commission website at https://www.maine.gov/mhrc/file/instructions and complete an intake questionnaire. Maine is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
