Food Services

At Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk, our mission is to serve nutritious, balanced meals to students and faculty in a creative and hospitable environment. When you’re with us, it’s our pleasure to serve you fresh, colorful, and wholesome food.

Our students need a nutritious breakfast and lunch every day to keep them healthy and to help them stay focused on learning.

For the 2024-25 School Year:

  • All of our school student’s reimbursable meals will be free this school year, 2024-25. The four schools have qualified under the USDA and SED guidelines for CEP, Community Eligibility Provision. We still encourage families to fill out the Free and Reduce Price School Meals Application.

  • A la carte items or other similar items must be paid or prepaid at the time of purchase. Please see more information below about paying for your child's meal online.

Menus

As the RCS district provides healthy meal options for students, please know that the menu items for the duration of the school year will meet nutritional guidelines. In addition, please note that menu items will be subject to change daily.

We recognize the importance that these meal options have been providing our students and want to ensure we are delivering fresh, quality, and healthy meal choices in our district.

July 2024

Summer Enrichment Breakfast Menu
Summer Enrichment Lunch Menu

Summer Food Options for Families
Families now have more ways to get their kids the nutrition they need in summer when school meals aren’t available. USDA’s SUN programs offer convenient, flexible options to help kids reach their full potential! For more food access this summer check out USDA Summer Grocery Benefit for Kids.

Meal Prices

The meal prices for the school year;

  • Elementary Schools CEP qualified no charge for Breakfast or Lunch reimbursable meals.

  • Middle School CEP qualified no charge for Breakfast or Lunch reimbursable meals.

  • High School CEP qualified no charge for Breakfast or Lunch reimbursable meals.

A la carte, Snacks, and Beverages, paid for at the time of purchase

Access to Meals
USDA National Hunger Hotline
7:00 AM – 10:00 PM Eastern Time
If you need food assistance speak with a representative who will find food resources such as meal sites, food banks, and other social services available near your location even while traveling.

Call:
1-866-3-HUNGRY
1-877-8-HAMBRE

Text: 914-342-7744 with a question that may contain a keyword such as “food," “summer,” “meals,” etc. to receive an automated response to resources located near an address and/or zip code.

Resources

Opportunities to Stay Fit

Free and Reduced-Price Meals

Based on family size and income, your family may qualify for free or reduced-priced meals. All information is strictly confidential.

To find more information about whether your family qualifies for this program then download the Free and Reduced Price Meals application online, pick up an application at your child’s school, or contact the RCS Food Service Department at (518) 756-5200, ext. 2437. Only one application needs to be submitted per household. You will be notified within 4-5 business days if you qualify for the program.

If you receive a letter from the school stating your child has been approved through direct certification this means your child will receive free meals, and that you will NOT need to complete this application.

It is imperative that families who are eligible for free or reduced meals fill out the free and reduced meal application for the 2023-2024 school year. Filling out this form will allow families to access many additional services and support networks they otherwise might not be eligible for. It will also give our school district and local municipalities valuable information about needed resources.

An application package is mailed home to all parents in late August within the school calendar. Applications are available online and in any school office. Parents are encouraged to submit the completed application to their child’s school or district office before the start of school each year.

Students remain on the previous meal plan they qualified for thirty school days, October 19, 2023. Students will lose their meal benefits on October 19, 2023, if an application for school year 2023-24 is not filled.

Any questions can be directed to Douglas Porter, Food Service Director at DPorter@RCSCSD.org, or by calling (518) 756-5200, ext. 2437.

Pay for your child’s school meals online

Students/Parents/Guardians may pay for meals in advance via Myschoolbucks.com or with a check payable to RCS School Lunch Fund. Funds should be maintained in accounts to minimize the possibility that a student may be without meal money on any given day. Any remaining funds for a particular student may be carried over to the next school year.

The mySchoolBucks.com program offers a secure online service to pre-pay for meals online using a credit card, debit card, or checking account (PayPal is no longer accepted).

mySchoolBucks.com also allows you the convenience of adding funds to your child’s meal account, scheduling automatic payments, opting to receive an electronic “low funds” reminder message, and viewing a monthly report of your child’s daily spending and purchases.

Click to view short videos on how to add a new student, set up automatic payments, update your payment method, and receive low-balance alerts for your My School Buck account.

To obtain a refund for a withdrawn or graduating student, a written or e-mail request for a refund of any money remaining in the student’s account must be submitted. Students who are graduating at the end of the year will be given the option to transfer any remaining money to a sibling’s account through a written request.

Unclaimed funds must be requested within one school year. Unclaimed funds will then become the property of the District Food Service Program.

Any questions can be directed to Douglas Porter, Food Service Director at DPorter@RCSCSD.org, or by calling (518) 756-5200, ext. 2437.

Douglas Porter

RCS Food Services Director
(518) 756-5200 ext. 2437
dporter@rcscsd.org