Food Service

The Community Eligibility Provision allows high-poverty schools to provide one breakfast and one lunch free to all students, ensuring that they are well-nourished and able to learn throughout the school day. Families do not need to provide a school lunch application in order to qualify. All Riverton Schools participate in the CEP program.

While filling out an application for meal benefits is not necessary, we encourage all families to fill out an Application for Waiver of School Fees. Families who receive a notification from the school district that they are directly certified do not need to fill out the fee waiver application because their student fees will be waived automatically.

Entering PIN numbers provides "checks and balances" for several operational features. So, while it is not necessary for meal counting, children are still required to enter their PIN numbers.

Federal regulations require that a student meal consists of the following components: protein, grains, vegetables, fruits and dairy. To receive a free meal, the student must accept one from each of those categories. Unfortunately, we cannot make exceptions to this, so encourage your child to take all of the parts that make up a full school meal.

Student lunch accounts will be charged for any additional entrée, additional full meal purchase, or any à la carte item. Only full breakfasts and lunches are free under the CEP program. If a student does not take a full meal, we do not receive any state or federal reimbursements for any portion of the meal and therefore, we still need to collect money to cover the cost of à la carte items (such as second entrees, milk, etc.).

Student lunch accounts will continue to be charged for separate milk purchases. Only full meals (breakfast or lunch) will be free.

Because all students can receive a free meal each day if he or she chooses, negative Skyward balances are not allowed.

No, students still have the option of eating breakfast at home and packing a lunch to eat. The school district is working closely with Opaa! to improve the variety and quality of food choices at each school, so we encourage all students to try the improved offerings this year.