FOOD SERVICES DEPARTMENT

Micheal Pingree – Food Service Director
209-257-7792 fax 209-257-7754
michael.pingree@acusd.org 

Kim Backovich – Secretary/Student Accounts
209-257-7791
kback@acusd.org

Students will be offered FREE breakfast and lunch meals starting in the 2022-2023 school year and going forward!
Assembly Bill (AB) 130, the 2021−22 budget trailer bill for K-12 education, established the California Universal Meals Program. Under this program, beginning in the school year 2022−23, county offices of education, public school districts, and charter schools serving students in grades K-12 are required to provide two free meals (breakfast and lunch) during each school day to students requesting a meal, regardless of students’ free or reduced-price meal (FRPM) eligibility, and regardless of whether or not the school is participating in the federal National School Lunch Program (NSLP) or School Breakfast Program (SBP). Each meal comes with a choice of 1% white milk or nonfat chocolate milk. À la carte or second milk is $.50 and students must have money in hand or on account to purchase. Charging single milk is not permitted. Students must have cash in hand or funds in their meal account to purchase à la carte snack items. Charging à la carte items is not permitted. Deposits to student meal accounts can be made directly at the cafeteria with cash or check. Online payments can be made at MySchoolBucks.com.

Currently, there is a nationwide increase in product shortages due to demand and delivery delays.  Our menus are subject to change.

Non-Discrimination Statement

In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity (including gender expression), sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity, in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA (not all bases apply to all programs). Remedies and complaint filing deadlines vary by program or incident.

Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.) should contact the responsible Agency or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.

To file a program discrimination complaint, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, AD-3027, found online at How to File a Program Discrimination Complaint and at any USDA office or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter 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; (2) fax: (202) 690-7442; or (3) email: program.intake@usda.gov.

USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.