Food and Nutrition
Recent ActivityWelcome to the web site for the Department of Food and Nutrition for Roanoke City Public Schools. On this page, you have access to lunch menus, free and reduced meal applications, Cafe' Prepay which allows you to add money to your child's lunch account online, and other useful information.
Our School system consists of 26 different schools and serve an average of 4,050 breakfast and 9,100 lunches daily. School Menus are planned by our Nutritionist/Assistant Director Ellen Craddock. In planning the menus, we strive to provide well balanced meals that follow the USDA guidelines and Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act.
Thank you for visiting our site.
Dr. Thomas G. Powers, Jr.
Director of Food and Nutrition
tpowers@rcps.info
(540) 853-2863
Our School system consists of 26 different schools and serve an average of 4,050 breakfast and 9,100 lunches daily. School Menus are planned by our Nutritionist/Assistant Director Ellen Craddock. In planning the menus, we strive to provide well balanced meals that follow the USDA guidelines and Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act.
Thank you for visiting our site.
Dr. Thomas G. Powers, Jr.
Director of Food and Nutrition
tpowers@rcps.info
(540) 853-2863
Food and Nutrition Announcements  Don't be fooled by the apron.There are special folks at our schools whose job is to help make sure our students stay healthy and ready to learn. Research shows that kids who eat well have improved concentration, classroom participation and increase standardized test scores. We are proud of our staff who does all of that hard work that largely goes unseen. Please show them that you're proud of them, too, by taking a moment to stop by and say "thanks" next time you're at school. And don't be fooled by the aprons--our Super Heros work miracles everyday!
Feedback RequestedThe Department of Food and Nutrition strives to improve the quality of food and service to our students. Please take the opportunity to complete our online survey to provide important feedback.
Free and Reduced Meal ApplicationsFree and Reduced Meal Applications must be updated each year. Last year's application will expire October 1, 2012. Please send an application to your child's school to avoid charges to your student's account. Please apply online. Applications are also available to print on our website or at your child's school. Please see policy for charging meals or call the Nutrition Office for more information.
Lunch AccountsAdd money to your student's lunch account online. Visit Cafe Prepay. Payments may take up to 24 hours to update a student's account balance.
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Contact Information Ellen Craddock Assistant Director ecraddock@rcps.info (540) 853-1741 Barbara Smith, Bookkeeper bsmith@rcps.info (540) 853-2875 Kellie Perrington, Administrative Assistant kperrington@rcps.info (540) 853-1871 Karen Hudgins, Secretary khudgins@rcps.info (540) 853-2863 Coordinators Lana Clark lclark@rcps.info Tracy Huffman thuffman@rcps.info Susan Stultz sstultz@rcps.info Denise Siv dsiv@rcps.info |
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