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Celebrate your heroes on School Lunch Hero Day, May 2, 2025

When we say school nutrition professionals are heroes, we mean it! That’s why we celebrate them every spring with the annual School Lunch Hero Day.

Join schools across the country that are recognizing the difference these team members make for every child who comes through their cafeteria.

On May 2, say "Thank You" to all cafeteria staff. They do their best to provide a healthy, nutritional and yummy school lunch for every student.   

The Westlake City Schools Food Service Department is dedicated to providing healthy, appealing and nutritional affordable meals to students and staff members. The 36 full- and part-time employees prepare an average 247,000 meals annually. WCSD is part of the National School Lunch Program and follows USDA nutritional guidelines for meals and snacks. Meals are structured to provide age appropriate calorie levels, 30% fat or less, less than 10% saturated fat, and under 1280mg of sodium. The department also participates in the district wellness plan by creating healthy choice meals and snacks at all locations.

A variety of colorful fresh vegetables are offered daily on a rotating basis (dark green, red orange, and other choices). Fresh fruit is offered every day and brought in from local orchards when in season. Potato items such as french fries are baked. All of our snack items meet guidelines for “Smart Snacks for Schools”.

Click here for ala carte pricing. 

Snacks can be purchased on a daily, weekly or monthly basis by cash, check or through our online credit card service using EZPay.

EZPay online credit card payments

Westlake City School District will continue to strive to bring tasty and nutritious lunch choices to the menus. If you have questions regarding the lunch program please contact Lisa Zuk, 440.835.6319 - zuk@wlake.org or Kay Cook, 216.447.3100 x6119 - kcook@osconline.org.

We thank you for the support of our program.

 

Free & Reduced Lunch

Westlake City School District will be participating in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) during the 2024-2025  school year. Under this option, all children will have to pay for their school lunch. Lunch costs are Elementary and Dover Intermediate $3.00, Lee Burneson $3.50 and High School $3.50-$4.00. Student milk cost is $0.65. Your children may qualify for free meals or reduced-price meals. To determine eligibility for free meals or reduced-price meals and various additional state and federal program benefits your child may qualify for, please complete, sign and return this lunch program application to your school building if your household income falls within or below the guidelines listed on the application chart. 

Beginning on August 28, 2024, reduced-price meals for the 2024-2025 school year will be free to qualifying students with reduced-price eligibility. The State of Ohio budget will cover the cost of $0.40 per reduced lunch served. Families must submit a free/reduced meal application to verify eligibility.

NEW, an App for completing the online meal application. Click HERE for instruction on how to download the App today.  

Electronic Lunch Program Application

 

PAPER LUNCH PROGRAM APPLICATION

Westlake Schools Catering

The Food Services Department also offers a variety of catering options through Westlake Schools Catering for any of your meetings or event needs. For more information please contact Carol Karohl at 440.899.3075 x1400 or karohlc@wlake.org.

SUN Bucks logo in colorSummer Grocery Benefit for Kids

SUN Bucks provides $120 in grocery benefits per eligible school-age child when school is out for summer. SUN Bucks can be used to purchase food from authorized retailers in participating states, Tribes, and territories. It may also be known as Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer (or Summer EBT) in certain locations.

Children can receive SUN Bucks on top of other benefits like SNAP and WIC, and in addition to free SUN Meals from local meal sites or SUN Meals To-Go in eligible rural communities. Click HERE for Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) and HERE for the Fact Sheet. 

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