School Board of the City of Virginia Beach
Policy 3-84

BUSINESS AND NONINSTRUCTIONAL OPERATIONS

School Lunch Program/Generally

A.  Food Service - Purpose and Objective

The school board will attempt to provide facilities for serving a noon day hot lunch to all students who remain at school, and for employees of the school division. Cafeteria food shall be sold to students and others at a price which will pay the cost of maintaining the cafeteria.

Lunches shall constitute a balanced meal, at moderate cost to the student.

The cost of meals to school employees shall be higher than the cost to students and shall reflect the actual cost to the division of preparing and serving said meals.

B.  Food Service - School Board

The school board is responsible for any school lunch program operated on school property. The board shall fix the price of meals and determine the adequacy, safety, and conformation to all applicable legal standards and statutes, of all facilities apparatus, and procedures used.

The board directs the administration to subscribe to the Federal School Lunch Program, which provides balanced hot meals, and to the Federal Special Milk Program. In order to participate, the chairman and the superintendent are authorized to certify that the school division complies with state and federal regulations.

C.  Milk Purchases

Milk shall be purchased as the result of competitive bids or quotations. The contract awarded shall be for one year provided satisfactory service is rendered.

Editor's Note
See also Virginia Beach City Public Schools "Food Service Operational Manual."

 

Adopted by School Board:  February 16, 1993