Breakfast
Students may purchase breakfast for $1.50, which includes juice, milk, and a choice of cereals, biscuits, and other breads. A menu is sent home to parents during the first week of school and monthly during the school year. To participate in the breakfast program, students should go directly to the cafeteria when they arrive at school.

Lunch
Nutritious school lunches are served in the cafeteria daily at a cost of $2.65. A menu will be sent home monthly. Milk is served with each lunch or may be purchased separately for $ .60 per half pint. A choice of low-fat chocolate milk and low-fat or whole unflavored milk is available. Children with milk allergies may receive juice upon receipt of a physician's statement.

Cafeteria Account Cards A computerized cash register system lets families purchase meals in advance and provide an emergency fund should the child forget his/her breakfast or lunch money. Students who prepay for their breakfasts, lunch, or a la carte items receive a personalized account card with a bar-coded ID number to use for meals and a la carte purchases. The cards are used for the first two quarters of the school year and the students are then transitioned into using a "PIN" like the older students. To open or add to an account, parents should send a check or cash to the cafeteria manager via their child in the morning. Make checks payable to Centre Ridge Elementary School.

Joining Your Child for Lunch
Parents are invited to join their child for lunch. Adult lunches cost $3.65. We ask that dining guests check in at the office for a visitor's badge before meeting the child's class in the lobby.

Subsidies
Applications for free or reduced price breakfasts and lunches are sent to all families in August. They are also available at the school throughout the year in the school office. All requests are confidential and prescribed state guidelines are applied to each request.