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Carver Public Schools Offers Another Year of Meals at No Cost for Students

Carver Public Schools will be participating in the National School Lunch Program and/or the School Breakfast Program. As part of this program, all Carver Schools will offer healthy meals every school day. The Massachusetts legislature has provided funding to make meals available at no cost to all students during school year 2023-2024, regardless of household income.

Carver Public Schools is pleased to announce our participation in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) of the National School Lunch Program. This special provision allows our school(s) to provide breakfast and lunch at no cost for all students, and families are no longer required to complete an application to access meal benefits.

The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s (DESE) Office for Food and Nutrition Programs has been approved to implement a waiver from USDA to allow newly qualifying schools to apply and adopt CEP during the school year. Midyear CEP implementation for newly eligible schools will support the new requirement for schools and DESE to maximize federal revenues per Section 1C (a)(1) of Chapter 69 of the Massachusetts General Laws (MGL). Maximizing federal revenue directly offsets state spending for universal free school meals.

School districts are still required to conduct Direct Certification and notify households of the results.  This notification is to let you know that Carver Public Schools is approved as a CEP community and no further action is required of you.  

Non-Discrimination 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: [email protected]


This institution is an equal opportunity provider


 

Carver Public Schools
FOOD SERVICES DEPARTMENT

THERESA VERNAZZARO, Director
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ROSANNE CARVALHO, Cafeteria Manager, Elementary School
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HOLLY HOFFMAN, Cafeteria Manager, Middle High School
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Staff:

JESSICAH FRIBERG, Cook
CHERYLE FISHER, Cook

JAMIE-LEE BELCHER
COREY BILLINGS
HOLLY BISHOP
VANESSA COKINOS
STEPHANIE GALLOW
VICTORIA GORDON
SARAH KOSTAS
KIMBERLY LEITAO-CAVICCHI

STACEY LODGE
DIANE MERRILL
BETHANY McCARTHY
PATRICIA SHERWOOD
STACEY TENNESON

 

 

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