Lincoln County R-III School District

Children need healthy meals to learn. Lincoln County R-Ill School District offers healthy meals every school day. Knowing the current meal prices is beneficial in planning your child's meals. Reduced meal prices are $.30 for breakfast and $.40 for lunch for both elementary and secondary students. Please review the District's Meal Charging Policy 5550.

To apply for free and reduced meals, complete the application located on the Free and Reduced Meals Application link on this page. Completed applications need to be returned to your child's school building office or the Registration Office at 951 W. College Street in Troy.

To view the eligible meals on the free and reduced program, click on the Eligible Meals link.

If you have questions regarding the Free and Reduced Meal Program, please call 636-462-4930 ext 50400.

Did you know that the Free and Reduced Meal application provides more than meals for LCR3 students?

The District needs your help to ensure our students are receiving the support they need. The number of qualifying free and reduced meal applications that we receive also directly impacts the Federal funds received by the District, which helps provide important services such as:

tutoring,
reading and math interventions,
social and emotional supports,
college application, ACT, SAT, and AP fees, and
dual enrollment tuition

To ensure all of our students receive the services they deserve, we are asking all families to complete a Free and Reduced Meal Application.

Forms can be found on the left of this screen on a desktop or at the top of the page on a mobile device and returned to your child's teacher or building office. You can also fill out the form directly in Campus Parent by selecting the three lines in the upper left corner, More, Meal Benefits.

Thank you for your help in supporting all LCR3 students!

Support Services

Food Service Program

Meal Charges

Policy 5550

Last Revised: June 13, 2024

Purpose

The purpose of this policy is to maintain consistent meal account procedures throughout the District. Unpaid charges place a financial strain on District finances. The Food Service provider is responsible for maintaining food charge records and for notifying the District’s Finance department and applicable schools of outstanding balances.

Administration
1. Student Groups:
  - Students will be allowed to charge a maximum negative balance of ten ($10.00) dollars.
    - a. After the balance exceeds ten ($10.00) dollars, the student may be given a designated menu alternate.
2. Students who exceed the charging limitations set forth in this Policy will not be allowed to charge for ala carte foods and beverages.
3. Parents/guardians of students with negative balances will be contacted electronically, by correspondence, or by phone call by their child’s school and/or District Central Office.
4. Parents/guardians will be sent a written request for “payment in full.”
  - All charges not paid before the end of the school year will be carried forward into the next school year
  - Graduating seniors must pay all charges in full.
5. If a financial hardship is suspected, families will be encouraged to apply for free/reduced meals at any time during the school year.
6. Each building principal will notify parents on or before the first day of school of the requirements of this policy. This policy will also be published on the District’s website.
Discrimination Clause

In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity (including gender expression), sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity, in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA (not all bases apply to all programs). Remedies and complaint filing deadlines vary by program or incident.

Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.) 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. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.

To file a program discrimination complaint, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, (AD-3027), found online at How to File a Program Discrimination Complaint and at 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 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;
1. fax: (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
2. Please email at program.intake@usda.gov
USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.

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