Beginning Monday, August 24, Greenville County Schools will be providing meals to students enrolled in the Virtual Program at 15 district locations on Mondays from 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm on a to-go basis.
Meals will be served near the parent pick-up line or school bus loop. Meal pick-up locations will vary by school.
The 15 district locations that will provide meals one time each week are: AJ Whittenberg Elementary, Berea Elementary, Blue Ridge Middle, Bryson Middle, Fisher Middle, Fountain Inn Elementary, Greer Middle School, Grove Elementary, Mauldin Elementary, Northwest Middle, Northwood Middle, Sevier Middle, Sterling School, Sue Cleveland Elementary, and Welcome Elementary. Contact numbers for these schools can be found on the GCS website at https://www.greenville.k12.sc.us/.
One weeks’ worth of meals will be provided at a time (5 breakfasts and 5 lunches).
Some items included in the meals will be ready-to-eat, and others will be heat-and-serve items.
Parents should contact the cafeteria manager at the school at which they intend to pick up the meals one week in advance to allow sufficient time for GCS cafeteria staff to order products needed to meet the meal demands at that school.
Please note that these meals will only be provided to students registered for the GCS Virtual Program and meals will be provided free of charge to only GCS students eligible for Free or Reduced Priced meals.
Students on paid meal status will be required to have funds in their district lunch account or provide payment at the time of meal pick up to receive the meal. Exact change or check will be required.
Breakfast is free of charge for all GCS students and lunches cost $2.50 each. One weeks’ worth of meals for students on full paid status will cost $12.50.
Parents should also note that the carryover period for free and reduced meals for the 2020-2021 school year is Monday, October 5.
The carryover period is the amount of time students are allowed by USDA to remain on the prior years’ meal status.
In order to qualify for free or reduced meals, parents must complete a new free and reduced meal application every school year.
Students that were on free or reduced meal status during the 2019-2020 school year will revert to full paid status on Tuesday, October 6 unless a new meal application is submitted and approved based on USDA eligibility guidelines.
Students attending one of the 21 Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) schools are not required to complete free and reduced meal applications and will automatically receive free meals based on the school’s participation in that USDA program.
The online Free and Reduced Price Meal Applications are available for the 2020-2021 school year and can be accessed on our website at http://greenville.schoollunchapp.com.
While paper applications will be at available at schools, the online applications are by far the most accurate and efficient method to apply for Free or Reduced Priced Meals.
On average, online applications are processed within 24-48 hour of completion. We highly encourage all parents to take advantage of this simple-to-use and fast process.
For more information regarding Free and Reduced Price Meal Applications please contact the Food and Nutrition Services office at 355-1251 or by e-mail at bhogue@greenville.k12.sc.us.
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