Safety & Wellness
Food Services
Robin Moore
Director of Food Services
We are pleased to announce that Mecklenburg County Public School will be participating in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) for the school year 2024-2025.
What does this mean for you and your children attending MCPS? This is great news for you and your students! All students enrolled in Mecklenburg County Public Schools are eligible to receive a healthy breakfast and lunch at school at no charge for the 2024-2025 school year.
Parents: No further action is required of you. Your child(ren) will be able to participate in these meal programs without having to pay a fee or submit a meal application.
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2024-2025 Prices
All students in Mecklenburg County will receive free breakfast and lunch for the 2024-2025 school year.
A la carte items are available for sale, students must have monies on account or cash.
Adult Meals:
Adult = Breakfast – A la carte price
Adult – Lunch $4.75
MCPS Wellness
Healthy Classroom Snacks
Healthy Classroom Celebrations
Philosophy of Mecklenburg County School Foodservice Program
Encourage the consumption of nutritious foods at a price that is acceptable to the students of our schools.
Strive to become an integral part of the total school curriculum.
Become an effective tool to administrators and teachers alike through nutrition education.
Operate within the guidelines as established by both Federal and State Regulations.
Carry out the policies as established by the Mecklenburg County School Board.
Implement an educational program that will ensure the development of employees to the best of their abilities.
Assign a foodservice staff that will provide the most efficient program to the taxpayers of our county.
Continue to re-evaluate its program with the intent of keeping abreast of new ideas and concepts.
Continue to maintain the highest standards of sanitation and safety management practices.
Actively seek to achieve the goals so that people of this county may look upon this segment of their school program with pride.
MySchoolBucks is a website for parents to pay for their child’s school meals using a credit or debit card. With this online service, parents can also view a child’s cafeteria purchases, make payments for their children even if they attend different schools, and set up automatic email reminders to be notified when a payment is needed. Visit website for more information.
Nondiscrimination Statement
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:
1. mail:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
2. fax:
(833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
3. email:
program.intake@usda.gov