The Food Service Department of Surry County Public Schools provides nutritionally balanced meals to more than 600 students each day through the United States Department of Agriculture's National School Lunch and National School Breakfast Programs.

School meals must meet the recommendations of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans for the appropriate age group. School lunch provides approximately one-third of the daily nutritional needs for children, and school breakfast provides approximately one-fourth. Regulations establish standards for fat, saturated fat, protein, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, iron, calcium, and calories. Although meals must meet federal nutrition requirements, school divisions make decisions about what specific foods to serve and how they are prepared.

The National School Lunch Act in 1946 created the modern school lunch program. Schools across this nation serve more than 30 million children each day. The federal laws regulating the school food service programs today are administrated under the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) through the Virginia Department of Education. The program has the objective of improving the health of students by providing good, nutritious foods that students will enjoy.  Another goal is to encourage and promote nutrition education.

Pricing

Access to healthy meals helps our children learn.  Surry County Public Schools is dedicated to offering healthy meals every school day.  Beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, all students in Surry County Public Schools will eat at no charge through the Community Eligibility Program.  The Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) is a provision from the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 that allows schools and local educational agencies (LEAs) with high poverty rates to provide free breakfast and lunch to all students. CEP eliminates the burden of collecting household applications to determine eligibility for school meals, relying instead on information from other means-tested programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.

Menu 

Due to nationwide food shortages and supply chain disruptions, we are currently having to modify menus as necessary to ensure students have access to meals. We thank you for your patience and understanding as we attempt to navigate through these unprecedented circumstances.

Schools are required to distribute the SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Information Program) information sheet per House Bill 2025 effective July 1, 2023. Below are links to the English, Spanish, Urdu, Amharic, Arabic and Vietnamese information sheets.

Information Sheets

• SNAP Information Sheet ENGLISH

• SNAP Information Sheet SPANISH

• SNAP Information Sheet URDU

• SNAP Information Sheet AMHARIC

• SNAP Information Sheet ARABIC

• SNAP Information Sheet VIETNAMESE

Link for Online SNAP Applications

CommonHelp portal: Questions about food assistance or applications for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) can be answered at: CommonHelp portal or  855-635-4370. Additional food resources that may be able to assist families with their food and nutrition needs can be found online at Benefit Food.

Introducing Virginia SUN Bucks: Visit VirginiaSunBucks.com for information and details about Virginia Sun Bucks. "If you are curious about the new SUN Bucks program that provides families in Virginia with a $120 grocery benefit per eligible school-aged child, please contact your local Social Services Office or visit Virginian Bucks.  Surry County Public Schools IS NOT responsible for disbursing funds & cannot assist with applications or issuance."