- CCIU Learning Center
- Breakfast & Lunch Program

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All students enrolled at the Learning Center will be eligible to receive breakfast and lunch at NO CHARGE to your household during the school year. This added benefit is a result of our participation in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP). No further action is required of you to take advantage of this exceptional opportunity. Every student will be able to participate in these meal programs.
Explore the links below to learn about our food services for students.
Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer (P-EBT) Supplemental Payments
Under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCR)(P.L. 116-127) the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) approved the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS) to provide households with children eligible for free and reduced-priced meals under the National School Lunch Program (NLSP) or the School Breakfast Program (SBP) with P-EBT benefits due to the COVID-19 outbreak and related school closures. As part of the federal government's response to the pandemic, funding for the P-EBT has been extended through the end of September 2021. DHS will work with the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) to identify eligible children and issue P-EBT tentatively early Spring. More information can be found on the Department of Human Services website.
Please refer questions regarding the P-EBT card to the Department of Human Services Customer Service by calling 484-363-2137.
School Menu
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Breakfast
Weekly meals from February 15, 2021 to June 10, 2021:
*Students may choose Main Entrée, or daily alternate.
Daily Alternate: PB&J uncrustable
Monday-4 oz. apple juice, W.G. cinnamon bun, apple sauce, milk
Tuesday-4 oz. grape juice, 1 W.G. cinnamon toast crunch, cereal bowl, cereal bar, chilled sliced peaches, milk
Wednesday-4 oz. apple juice, W.G. donuts, blueberry cup, milk
Thursday-4 oz. grape juice, W.G. benefit breakfast bar, petite banana, milk
Friday-4 oz. apple juice, W.G. banana bread, apple, milk
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Lunch
Weekly meals for the weeks of February 15, March 8, March 29, April 19, May 10, and May 31:
Students may choose Main Entrée, Alternate Entrée, or PB&J Meal.
Monday-popcorn chicken with 2 waffles, crunchy broccoli florets, baby carrots with dip, chilled sliced peaches
Monday Alternate Lunch-PB&J sandwich w/ yogurt OR turkey & cheese w/ lettuce on a club roll, baby carrots w/ dip, fruit of the day
Tuesday-beef taco crumbles w/ cheese on a 8" wrap, sweet corn, Doritos, salsa, shredded lettuce, baked cinnamon apples
Tuesday Alternate Lunch-PB&J sandwich w/ yogurt OR chicken salad w/ lettuce on a 10" wrap, garden salad, baby carrots w/ dip, fruit of the day
Wednesday-chicken cheesesteak on a club roll, French fries, baby carrots with dip, apple wedges
Wednesday Alternate Lunch-PB&J sandwich w/ yogurt OR Italian hoagie on a club roll, baby carrots w/ dip, fruit of the day
Thursday-cheeseburger on hamburger bun, spiral fries, baked beans, orange wedges, cookie
Thursday Alternate Lunch-PB&J sandwich w/ yogurt OR ham & cheese w/ lettuce on a club roll, baby carrots w/ dip, fruit of the day, cookie
Friday-pizza, potato smiles, cucumbers with dip, blueberry cup
Friday Alternate Lunch-PB&J sandwich w/ yogurt OR chicken ranch on a 10" wrap with lettuce, celery w/ dip, fruit of the day, cookie
Weekly meals for the weeks of February 22, March 15, April 5, April 26, May 17, and June 7:
Monday-chicken patty on a hamburger bun, crunchy broccoli florets, French fries, chilled sliced peaches
Monday Alternate Lunch-PB&J sandwich w/ yogurt OR turkey & cheese w/ lettuce on a club roll, baby carrots w/ dip, fruit of the day
Tuesday-cheesesteak on a club roll, potato wedges, garden salad, strawberry cup (4.5 oz.)
Tuesday Alternate Lunch-PB&J sandwich w/ yogurt OR chicken salad w/ lettuce on a 10" wrap, garden salad, baby carrots w/ dip, fruit of the day
Wednesday-taco meat with beans on a 8" wrap, sweet corn, doritos, salsa, shredded lettuce, apple sauce
Wednesday Alternate Lunch-PB&J sandwich w/ yogurt OR Italian hoagie on a club roll, baby carrots w/ dip, fruit of the day
Thursday-cheeseburger on hamburger bun, spiral fries, baked beans, Baked Cinnamon Apples, cookie
Thursday Alternate Lunch-PB&J sandwich w/ yogurt OR ham & cheese w/ lettuce on a club roll, baby carrots w/ dip, fruit of the day, cookie
Friday-pizza, buffalo roasted cauliflower, grape tomatoes & celery with dip, orange wedges
Friday Alternate Lunch-PB&J sandwich w/ yogurt OR chicken ranch on a 10" wrap with lettuce, celery w/ dip, fruit of the day, cookie
Weekly meals for the weeks of March 1, March 22, April 12, May 3, May 24, and June 14:
Monday-meatball sub on a steak roll with spaghetti sauce, French fries, baby carrots with dip, peach cup (4.5 oz.)
Monday Alternate Lunch-PB&J sandwich w/ yogurt OR turkey & cheese w/ lettuce on a club roll, baby carrots w/ dip, fruit of the day
Tuesday-chick-n-filet sandwich on a hamburger bun, potato wedges, garden salad, orange wedges
Tuesday Alternate Lunch-PB&J sandwich w/ yogurt OR chicken salad w/ lettuce on a 10" wrap, garden salad, baby carrots w/ dip, fruit of the day
Wednesday-chicken nachos with cheese sauce and tortilla chips, potato puffs, cucumbers with dip, salsa, shredded lettuce, mandarin oranges
Wednesday Alternate Lunch-PB&J sandwich w/ yogurt OR Italian hoagie on a club roll, baby carrots w/ dip, fruit of the day
Thursday-cheeseburger on hamburger bun, spiral fries, baked beans, apples sauce, cookie
Thursday Alternate Lunch-PB&J sandwich w/ yogurt OR ham & cheese w/ lettuce on a club roll, baby carrots w/ dip, fruit of the day, cookie
Friday-pizza, French fries, garden salad, apple
Friday Alternate Lunch-PB&J sandwich w/ yogurt OR chicken ranch on a 10" wrap with lettuce, celery w/ dip, fruit of the day, cookie
SchoolCafe.com
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In our continuing effort to provide the highest level of service to you, we will be using SchoolCafe.com for your online school meal payments. This website provides a number of key features you will find beneficial including:
- View your child's cafeteria account balance
- Review daily spending and purchase
- Access from any computer 24/7
- Low balance email reminders
- Automatic payments
Visit the SchoolCafe website to create a free account.
Please note: you are not required to use this system to put money on your child's lunch account. You may still send cash or a check to school with them.
The convenience fee for cafeteria account deposits will be 5% of the deposited amount within a single transaction. For example, if the deposit is for $20.00, the total amount charged will be $21.00. However, this transaction fee only applies if you are using the online pre-payment system.
Policies
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Return Check Policy
Personal checks are accepted at all of the CCIU Buildings and cafeterias. Should a check be returned from the bank for whatever reason, a $25.00 returned check fee will be assessed.
Upon receipt of the returned check, you will be notified and informed that you have ten days to make restitution, including any related fees. Payment for a returned check must be received in the form of cash, cashier's check, or money order. A personal check will not be accepted as repayment for a returned check.
After two returned checks, CCIU will no longer accept checks as a form of payment.
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Meal Charging Policy
The Chester County Unit recognizes the important link between proper nutrition and academic success. The purpose of this policy is to establish a consistent district procedure for charging meals when students do not have money to pay, preventing meal charges, and ensuring eligible children are certified for free and reduced-price school meals, and be in compliance with Act 55, titled Food Shaming., passed on December 6, 2017.
Charging meals:
Because hunger is an impediment to learning, no child shall be denied a breakfast or lunch because of an inability to pay. Children will be served a meal that meets the U.S. Department of Agriculture nutrition standards for school meals:
- A student who request a school meal must be provided with one regardless of whether the student has money.
- A student’s tray is never to be taken away from them after being served due to the student’s inability to pay for the meal or the amount owed.
- A student may only purchase a la carte items if they have a positive account balance. Students are NOT permitted to purchase Ala carte items even if they have money to make the purchase. They MUST pay their negative account balance before any ala carte items are to be sold.
- Students grade 9-12 may discreetly be given their account balance, all other grades will only be given their balance if the student request it.
- Charging by adults is prohibited.
- If you do not wish for your child to have the option of charging meals, then you must contact Vicki Canham at 610-383-5439 or at vickic@cciu.org.
Hand stamps, stickers, or any other means of overt identification of children with unpaid meal debt in the cafeteria or the classroom are prohibited. Additionally, children with unpaid meal debt shall not be required to work off their debt, including, but not limited to, wiping down tables or cleaning the cafeteria.
Preventing meal charges:
- You have the option to view your child’s account by going onto www.schoolcafe.com and receive low balance notifications at no fee. You can set the limit at your discretion. $5.00 would be our recommendation. (you will need your child’s student ID number). If you do not have your child’s student ID number please email Vicki Canham or call 610-383- 5439. You may also make payments on this site, however, there is a 5% fee per deposit.
- You may always send cash or a check made payable to CCIU in an envelope marked with your child’s name, homeroom and ID number.
- Provide all households with school meal applications at the start of the school year and/or include instructions for completing online school meal applications;
- Provide school meal applications in the primary language of the parent or guardian, and help provide assistance with completing an application for any household that requests assistance;
- promptly utilize data provided by the state or other school district officials to certify eligible children without an application; and
- assure that any child for which the school district is not able to obtain a completed school meal application but becomes aware of their eligibility for free or reduced-price school meals shall be certified based on an application submitted by the appropriate school official, as permitted by USDA guidance.
To ensure that households are aware of negative account balances the school nutrition department will:
- Send out weekly balance notices.
- Notify and/or work with principals, school counselors, and/or teachers to understand the student and parent’s situation and if a school meal application is needed;
- Use automated email alerts, or postal mail to notify parents of negative balances
Collecting unpaid meal debt:
Communication regarding unpaid meal debt shall be directed at parents or guardians.
Prior to contacting households regarding unpaid meal debt, the school nutrition staff shall ensure that the student is not participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, or other federal programs, which would confer categorical eligibility for free school meals, or is not homeless, migrant, or in foster care, and would allow them to be certified without an application.
When a student owes for 5 meals, the school nutrition staff will make at least two attempts to reach the parents or guardian. The household will be contacted by email, phone, or letter home to provide information on how to apply for free or reduced-price school meals or to add funds to the school nutrition account. Staff at this time may communicate account balances discreetly with students grade 9 thru 12. All other grade levels, students must ask before the cashier is permitted to give their account balance.
Building Principals will be notified by the food service department of a non-response from the parent/guardian about the negative account and will proceed by direct communication with the parent/guardian. If there is a non-response to the principal, the Chief Financial Officer will be informed and additional collection measures will be pursued.
All debt must be paid off at the end of the school year. Student with a negative lunch account balance at the end of the school year will be considered a student obligation. The policy referenced in your school’s student handbook will now apply to your meal account obligation.
Refunds:
- Donation Request: a request to donate the fund balance to benefit a student in need, or to the Food Service Program, a written request must be submitted. An e-mail request is also acceptable and may be sent to vickic@cciu.org.
- Withdrawn Students: for any student who is withdrawn, a written request for a refund on account balances of $5.00 or greater remaining in their account must be submitted. An e-mail request is also acceptable and may be sent to vickic@cciu.org.
- Graduating Students: for any student who is graduating, a written request for a refund on account balances of $5.00 or greater remaining in their account must be submitted. An e-mail request is also acceptable and may be sent to vickic@cciu.org. Funds can also be transferred to a sibling’s account with a written, e-mail or verbal request.
- Unclaimed Funds: all refunds must be requested within one year. Unclaimed funds will then become the property of the Chester County Intermediate Unit Food Service Program.
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Wellness Policy
On August 24, 2018, the Board of School Directors adopted Procedure 246: Student Wellness. The Board is committed to providing a school environment that promotes student wellness and this policy is based on recommendations of the District Wellness Committee and in accordance with federal and state laws and regulations.
Be a School Wellness Champion. CCIU invites students, parents, board members and members of the community to participate in the development, review, update, and implementation of the CCIU Student Wellness policy. We welcome you to join us at any upcoming meetings to share your opinion and help make sure the policy is meeting the needs of our students.
Meal Programs
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Community Eligibility Program (CEP)
We are pleased to inform you that Chester County Intermediate Unit will be implementing the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) while participating in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs.
What does this mean for you and your children attending the school identified below?
Great news! All enrolled students of the Learning Center are eligible to receive a healthy breakfast and lunch at school at no charge to your household each day of the school year. Your child(ren) will be able to participate in these meal programs without having to pay a fee.
*CCIU will still be requesting applications from households with a student participating in the CEP; however, receipt of free breakfast and lunch meals does not depend on returning it. Completing the application is still necessary for other programs like (leaving CEP approved school/district to a non-CEP school/district, or any program that requires household income eligibility) and may be used to determine if your household is eligible for these additional benefits. You may complete the paper application, or complete an online application on SchoolCafe's website.
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Summer Meal Program
Find Summer Meals in Your Community
Summer meals for children and teens are being served in your community. Find a nearby site by completing any of the following actions:
- Call 211 or 1.866.3HUNGRY
- Text "FOOD" or "COMIDA" to 877877
- Download the RangeAPP in Google Play or in the App Store
- Visit the Food and Nutrition website
For more information, contact us:
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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, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA.
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 Agency (State or local) where they applied for benefits. Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may 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 complaint of discrimination, you can complete the online USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form (AD-3027), fill out 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:
Mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20250-941 Fax: (202) 690-7442 E-mail: program.intake@usda.gov
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.