CHILD NUTRITION DEPARTMENT NEWS

The Rocky Point Breakfast/Lunch Program strives to provide your child with the most nutritious meals within our cost parameters of $1.75 and $2.00 per meal. Fresh fruits & vegetables are used frequently as afforded. Our program follows strict NYS guidelines relating to Nutrition and Deptartment of Health regulations prepared by a Certified Dietician & Nutritionist. Please feel free to contact this office with any questions or concerns at 849-7550.

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Prepaid Lunch Information & Borrow Policy | Shelf Life of Milk | Q & A about School Nutrition | Free & Reduced Information


Our breakfast and lunch menus are available online. They will be updated monthly and will never be stale!

Pursuant to Suffolk County Health Code, the use of home-prepared foods is now prohibited
for special occasions at our schools.

Food Safety Facts.... Keeping Bag Lunches Safe

FREE AND REDUCED PRICE SCHOOL MEALS/MILK INFORMATION

Please send your children to school with a bagged lunch until you are notified after applications are processed. If the application process is not complete and students come to school without money or lunch then parents must pay back the cafeteria immediately.

Children need healthy meals to learn. Rocky Point School District offers healthy meals every school day.

  • Breakfast is also available in all schools for $1.00/meal. See individual school menus for items served.
  • Lunches are $1.75/meal in the Elementary Schools and $2.00 in the Middle and High Schools. Please refer to your child’s school to find out what is available for the current month.
  • Children from households that meet federal income guidelines ( see income chart)might be eligible for free or reduced meals. They would receive breakfast and lunch daily for $0.25 if approved for reduced meals or will be free if they meet minimum income for their family size.

Some Commonly Asked Questions

1. Will this computerization change my daughter's/son's access to breakfast or lunch?

No. The students will continue to use cards in the elementary and intermediate school. All children who want to purchase lunch will have a card which will be kept at the register. The High School student's will use their student ID number and type their number on a pin pad next to the register. The computer system has the capability to access a student's number if the student forgets.

2. Why should Rocky Point Child Nutrition Program be computerized?

Computerizing the breakfast and lunch program will speed up the lines; maintain accurate records on free, reduced, paid, and prepaid lunches. If you have any questions you can call Elena Lynch-Dobert, CDN, SFSNS @ 631-744-1600.

3. What is the National School Lunch Program?

The National School Lunch Program is a federally assisted meal program operating in more than 99,000 public and non-profit private schools and residential child care institutions. It provides nutritionally balanced, low-cost or free lunches to more than 25 million children each school day. In 1998, Congress expanded the National School Lunch Program to include reimbursement for snacks served to children in after school educational and enrichment programs to include children through 18 years of age. The Food and Nutrition Service administers the program at the Federal level. At the State level, the National School Lunch Program is usually administered by State education agencies, which operate the program through agreements with school food authorities.

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Shelf Life of Milk
TO ALL PARENTS OF ROCKY POINT SCHOOL CHILDREN

Last year there was some concern over the shelf life and expiration dates of the milk served in your child’s breakfast/lunch programs. Shown below is information we have requested from our dairy company to clear up any questions you might still have:

There is NO state standard for the expiration dating of milk products. The expiration date for milk sold in NY State (not including NYC) can/will vary from dairy processor to dairy processor. The expiration date for each dairy is arrived at by testing of the shelf stable time of the milk product. If this product shows to be stable for a number of days (10, 12, 14 days), then that expiration date is put on the container. This process is backed by the testing of the NYS Department of Agriculture & Markets inspector who validates the dairy’s tests.

The specific code § 111.33 states the following: Standards generally; time of delivery. No person shall possess, store, offer for sale, sell, give away or distribute milk, low sodium milk, low fat milk, skimmed milk, modified skimmed milk, cream or half and half after the expiration date indicated on the label required pursuant to § 111.61. No person shall possess, store, offer for sale, sell, give away or distribute any such product the label of which bears an expiration date beyond the period specified in this section. The expiration date shall not be more than nine (9) calendar days following the date of pasteurization. However, in the case of such milk and milk products which have been ultra-pasteurized pursuant to subsection (d) of §111.25, the expiration date shall not be more than forty-five calendar days following the date of ultra-pasteurization. This section does not apply to cans of milk or cream to be used for manufacturing purposes or to milk or milk products which are not to be sold in the City of New York.

Section §111.33 was amended by resolution adopted on June 18, 1987 to extend the time in which milk and milk products may be sold in the City due to improved sanitation and processing standards.