Immaculate Conception School joins breakfast and lunch programs
ICS now offers breakfast and lunch every school day, with full-price meals set at $2.50 and $3.50 and parents urged to check for free or reduced-price eligibility.
Immaculate Conception School added breakfast and lunch service for students every school day, setting full-price meals at $2.50 for breakfast and $3.50 for lunch. For a family paying the posted rates, that works out to $6 a day, or $30 across a five-day school week.
The Immaculate Conception Catholic School Cafeteria is certified through the State of Arizona and the Yuma County Health Department. The cafeteria is a member of the National School Lunch Program, offers breakfast and lunch options, and has an application for state-funded free or discounted meals. Food program director Gustavo Trujillo and cafeteria manager Nora Castro are listed as the contacts for the program at the school’s campus, 501 S Avenue B in Yuma.
A separate cafeteria message from Trujillo listed breakfast from 7:30 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. and menu items that included egg-and-cheese sandwiches, breakfast pizza, burritos, pancakes, waffles and mini cinnis. That earlier notice listed full-pay breakfast at $2.75 and lunch at $3.35.
Arizona Department of Education guidance directs families to look closely at eligibility rather than assume they will pay full price. Children may qualify automatically if their household receives SNAP, TANF or FDPIR benefits. Students experiencing homelessness, foster care, runaway status or migrant worker status can also qualify when the household submits an application. Some schools use the Community Eligibility Provision or Special Assistance Provision to serve all meals free, and meal-program forms generally cannot be distributed before July 1.
The National School Lunch Program was established under the National School Lunch Act signed in 1946, and schools that participate receive state or federal support tied to student participation.
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