Welcome to the SAD #40 Food Service Program page!  The Food Service Program provides two nutritious meals, breakfast and lunch, every school day.  The meals are designed each day to include all the delicious and necessary grains, protein, fruit, vegetables, and dairy products that young bodies and minds need to grow and learn!  This school year, a choice of entrée is provided at lunch.  Check out our menu to see what is being offered this month!  

During the 2008-2009 school year, the meal prices are as follows:
   

If you are unable to afford to buy meals at school, or if your family is new to our school system, click here to download the free and reduced meal application form.   Parents should complete and sign the form, being sure to include your social security number, and return the form either to your child’s school, or mail it to the attention of the Food Service Director at 1070 Heald Hywy.  Union, Maine  04862.  Please, only one form per family is needed.  Just list all the children in the family on the same form.  All application forms are confidential.

If you are a homeless student and need to apply for free meals, complete the form with as much information as you can provide, sign it, and return it to the school office.

A new free/reduced application form must be completed at the start of each school year.  If you are currently receiving free or reduced meals this school year, you will remain in that category temporarily for the first 30 days of the next school year.  You must reapply within those first 30 days to determine if your family is eligible again for that new school year.  We will notify you by mail with the results of your new application.  Those who fail to reapply will return to full pay status once the 30 day temporary status expires.

For those families that are full pay, we appreciate your prompt payment.  Parents who wish to monitor their children’s meal balances and learn other items of interest about their children’s educational plan can check out their child’s account on Power School.  Stop in to your child’s school office to get a password to gain access to this informative site!   The meal balance that appears on Power School is a once a week snap shot of the account balance.  It is not a live balance that changes daily.   

Sometimes meal account balances are overlooked.  In order for the District to keep the outstanding balances as low as possible, we have adopted guidelines that indicate when serving an alternative meal becomes necessary.   

Parents and Guardians are encouraged to call the food service director at the Central Office at  785-2277 with any questions or concerns they may have concerning the SAD #40 Food Service Program.  We thank you for entrusting us with feeding your children daily, and we look forward to providing this service to you for years to come.