No-Cost Breakfast!

**NEW INFORMATION, 12/14/22: In the event of a 2 hour delay, breakfast will NOT be served. This applies to the entire 22-23 school year.

Enrolled students who are in-school learning will be able to get a breakfast meal at no cost in their school cafeteria.  No breakfast distribution to remote students will happen at this time. 

Breakfast menus are available by clicking "School Menus" on the left side of this page.

The listed serving times below may be adjusted as necessary. We will notify parents/guardians of any schedule changes.

• Hopewell Elementary and Liberty Bell Elementary will serve breakfast from 8:40am to 9:10am.
• Joseph P. Liberati Intermediate School will serve breakfast from 8:35am to 9:10am.
• Southern Lehigh High and Middle Schools will serve breakfast from 7:15am to 7:30am.

A breakfast meal consists of an entrée item (breakfast sandwich, yogurt & muffin, mini waffles, bagel, Pop Tarts, etc.), fruit or fruit juice, and a choice of milk. A fruit or juice must be taken to receive a no-cost breakfast meal. Gluten free options include 1 bowl of GF Cereal (currently Honey Cheerios or Cinnamon Chex) or 2 - 4oz. Yogurt or 2 String Cheese Sticks or 1 - 4oz. Yogurt & 1 String Cheese Stick, fruit or fruit juice, and a choice of milk. A fruit or juice must be taken to receive a no-cost breakfast meal.  

• One no-cost breakfast meal per enrolled student per school day.
• A second breakfast meal can be purchased after the first breakfast is received at no cost. Students must have money in their lunch account or cash in hand for a second breakfast meal, but there is no cost for the first breakfast meal.
• Once their meal is selected, students will go to the register so the breakfast can be credited to their account. There is no cost for a meal but SLSD is reimbursed based on the individual eligibility of the student, so meals need to be associated with a student's account.
• This new program will not affect school lunches. Free and reduced lunch status will continue to depend on individual family eligibility and will be charged to a student's account accordingly. 
• Students will pick up their breakfast in their school's cafeteria.

Please check the Cafeteria FAQ's section, on the left side of this page, for more information. 

Hello SLSD Family.

While the outlook for the 2022-2023 school year looks more stable than last year, there are still some items that are having production and availability issues. We expect to be able to source 80-90% of the items we usually use to provide healthy school meals that follow the necessary guidelines. There could be times that we will not receive what we order, which will necessitate a menu change the week or even the day of service.

When there is a need to change menu items, the Lead Cafeteria Worker notifies the main office of their school, so the menu change can be communicated to the students. When we are aware that a menu change is necessary a day or more in advance, an email will be sent out to notify parents. We are striving to ensure product shortages and menu changes do not happen. Through our bidding process, we have acquired a new main grocery food purveyor that is excited about the opportunity to service all the schools in our food purchasing co-op, and they are confident that they will be able to provide the necessary items we require to feed the students.

Please keep in mind,  menus are created with the expectation of not having supply concerns. So, we continue to ask for everyone’s patience and understanding during these extended unusual times. 

Thank you.

Thank you to Giant in Coopersburg!! 

Thanks to their "Make a Difference Together" program, where patrons can round up the change from their purchase and make additional donations to the program which helps local organizations financially by offering the collected donations and rounded up change for a 2 month period. This year, the Food Service Department was given $7,508.88 to help feed students by offsetting the additional costs associated with the products we purchase for meals.

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