That by teaching your child to eat a healthy breakfast every day, you'll help him build an important habit for life.
Start by explaining to your youngster that food gives him the energy he needs to do schoolwork and to play. Ask him, "Can we drive our car without gas in the tank?" When he says, "of course not!" you can tell him that food is like fuel in his tank.
All Caldwell Schools offer free breakfast to every student every day!
Food Service
Idaho schools offer several healthy options
Idaho students have many options when it comes to choosing what to have for lunch. The school lunch program offers balanced, low cost meals that appeal to students' tastes.
All Caldwell Schools offier fresh salad bars, fresh fruit and vegetable bars, whole grains, and low-fat dairy products, along with other healthy options. Have you eaten at a school recently? If not, you should try it. Adults are welcome to eat at all schools. School meal programs have made numerous improvements over the last few years offeringa variety of healthy, great tasting foods.
Eat lunch with your student today!
Acceptance and participation requirements for the program and all activities are the same for all regardless of race, color, national origin, gender, sex, religion, age, or disability and there will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service. USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. To file a compaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20250-9410 or call (800) 795-3272 or (202) 720-6382.
Meal Prices
| Breakfast All students are offered breakfast at no charge due to our participation in the Provision II Breakfast Program. |
Lunch Elementary - $1.50 6th-12th Grade - $1.75 any 2nd Meal- $2.60 |
Adult Breakfast - $1.75 Lunch - $3.00 Parents/Guests are welcome to join their children for lunch anytime. Please call prior to 9 a.m. that day so that the proper number of lunches will be prepared. |
High School Lunch Menus | Secondary School Lunch Menus | Elementary School Lunch Menus
Point of Service
Each student has their own personal lunchroom account based on their current student ID#. Students can access their accounts on the pin pads located at every register. The meal purchasing system is a pre-payment system. You or your child may deposit money on their account at their school or on-line using a secure, fast and convenient method to your children's school meal accounts at Nutrikids.com. In order to use the online prepayment service, a small convenience fee for each transaction will be assessed to cover the bank fees. The convenience fee is $1.75 per deposit transaction. Parents placing money into multiple meal accounts will only be assessed the $1.75 fee once per deposit transaction. Caldwell School District will not profit from the use of this site. To offset the cost of this convenience fee, the District Food Service Department will provide one FREE meal for your son or daughter for every 20 meals purchased per student per transaction.
You can also access your children's current account balances and review what your children have been buying for their meals while at school. So no more worries about whether or not there is money on your child's account. Please log into your MyNutriKids.com account here. If you don't have a MyNutriKids account please contact food service by emailing us.
PAYMENT POLICY - Elementaries
Money may be deposited into student accounts online or during the breakfast hour. Five charges are allowed. Students with 5 unpaid charges will receive a peanut butter sandwich and milk at no charge. No charges will be allowed after April 15th, 2011 for the remainder of the school year.
PAYMENT POLICY - Secondaries
Secondaries are allowed 3 charges before payment is required.
Low Account Letters
Elementary students with low account balances below $5.00 will be sent home letters indicating they need money on their account.
Secondary students can inquire within.
Returned Check Policy
The Caldwell School Lunch Program has employed a check recovery service. They track all returned checks electronically through your bank until money is recovered.Free/Reduced Applications
Parents/Guardians whose children may qualify for free or reduced lunch are encouraged to complete the application and return it to the kitchen manager within 3 days. Applications are evaluated according to the total income and total number of persons within the household. Reduced lunch price is .40 cents.
End of Year Account Balances
We will not issue refunds unless the student will not be returning to the Caldwell School District. Account Balances will be carried over to the next year even if the student transfers to a different school within the district.
Allergy Information: No MILK substitutions will be made for ANY reason without documentation from the student’s physician. FOOD substitutions CANNOT be made for any reason without a conference consisting of the student’s parents/guardians, physician, school nurse and either the principal or kitchen manager, to determine the student’s needs and the liability of the Food Service Department. The Food Service Program is required by the State Department to have documentation on file for all the students with a food intolerance of any kind.
If you have specific questions, please contact the food service department in your child's school or the Food Service Director, (208) 455-3331.
Director: Rae Karpauskas - RKarpauskas@caldwellschools.org