The Complete Guide to WCS Food Services

Published July 28, 2016

As we get ready for the 2016-17 academic year, the WCS Food Services Department is hard at work prepping the kitchens for another exciting school year. WCS will operate 41 cafeterias within Williamson County, offering lunch to students on a daily basis, as well as breakfast at selected schools.

Meal Prices

Elementary school breakfast and lunch prices and high school breakfast prices will increase by 25 cents with the 2016-17 school year. This will be the first price increase since 2007.

Elementary school breakfast will cost $1.50, and lunch will cost $2.75. Middle school breakfast is now $1.75, however lunch will remain at $2.75. High school breakfast will now cost $1.75, and lunch will remain $2.75.

Adults pay $2.50 for breakfast and $3.50 for lunch.

Elementary School
Breakfast – $1.50
Lunch – $2.75
Middle School
Breakfast – $1.75
Lunch – $2.75
High School
Breakfast – $1.75Lunch – $2.75
Menus

The Food Services Department has a staff of approximately 240 employees serving approximately 25,000 meals a day. Each kitchen is staffed with a cafe supervisor and several cafe workers. WCS participates in the Offer vs. Serve Program for all grade levels. This is a USDA program which allows students to choose what they would like to eat.

The meals are broken down into components and the students are required to take a certain number of components to have the meal qualify as a lunch or breakfast. Go to old.wcs.edu/departments/food-services and click on the How the Program Works button to learn more about the different components that make up a school meal.

Want to know what students will be eating when they return to school? Click here to view breakfast and lunch menus for the month of August

Managing your child’s account is easy. Just visit our website: old.wcs.edu/departments/food-services.

From there, parents can:

Make online payments
Add purchasing restrictions to their child’s account
Transfer monies between siblings accounts
Request Refunds
The convenience fee for cafeteria account deposits will be $1.95, which will cover all deposits made within a single transaction. There is no charge to use any of the other features used with MySchoolBucks.

Free & Reduced Meals

Parents can also apply for free and reduced school meals online. The process is safe, fast and easy. Upon completing the application, parents will find out immediately if they qualify to receive benefits. Parents can also still choose to fill out the paper forms. You can find them at the school’s front office or online on the food services website.

Good Nutrition Fuels Learning

We continue to improve the health of our school environment. Students across the district are offered healthier school lunches containing more fruits, vegetables and whole grains on a daily basis. The foods and beverages served in WCS exceed USDA regulations for school nutrition programs. The Smart Snacks we offer in our schools build on those healthy advancements and ensure that kids are only offered tasty and nutritious foods during the school day.

Follow WCS Food Service on Twitter

For the latest information about school meals, be sure to follow the WCS Food Services Department on Twitter at @wcsFood.