It’s more than a meal application! State funding for schools is allocated to districts based on meal applications, so please help students in our district by filling out an application.
We strongly encourage ALL parents/guardians to submit a meal application. Completing an application takes less than 10 minutes, and parents only need to complete one meal application per family.
Applications can be filled out on paper at the link below or online via Skyward Family Access, and only one Meal Application is needed per family.
Every eligible form counts! Every eligible form that is not submitted meals lost resources for our schools. Filling out the School Meal Application may help provide:
SCHOOL MEAL INFORMATION 2021-2022
FREE MEALS FOR ENROLLED STUDENTS
School breakfast and lunch are free for all students at all school during the 2021-22 school year. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has continued its nationwide pandemic waivers allowing school food service departments to continue to serve healthy school meal options to all enrolled students for free.
Why Choose School Meals?
· It’s Tasty! Healthy and well-balanced meals offered daily.
· It’s Easy! Time saving and convenient for busy families.
· It’s Affordable! Breakfast and lunch will be served to all enrolled students for free during the 2021-22 school year.
Menus
· Menu selections expanded for more options in both entrée and side dishes
· Menus meet the USDA guidelines and are age appropriate
· Menus and nutritional/allergy information are available online (TITAN LINK)
What makes a Meal?
· Ferndale School District follows strict USDA meal pattern requirements, to ensure all students are receiving healthy, well-balanced meals.
· Breakfast includes: Breakfast entrée, fruit, juice, and milk
For a copy of the District’s Nutrition and Physical Fitness Policy, please call 360-383-9213.
In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.
Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/USDA-OASCR%20P-Complaint-Form-0508-0002-508-11-28-17Fax2Mail.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:
mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
Benefits of the Basic Food program include:
Monthly food assistance benefits
Automatic enrollment of school aged children in the free school meal program
Qualifies you for low-cost local phone service through the Washington Telephone Assistance Program (WTAP)
Shows that your family meets the Women Infants and Children (WIC) income test
For access to nutritious food outside the school day, visit the Ferndale Food Bank located at 1671 Main Street. The bank provides families a weekly visit to receive up to 70 pounds of food. More information at ferndalefoodbank.org
