FOOD SERVICES
2026-2027 Food Services Update:
ADDITONAL UPDATES ARE COMING SOON!
The Kingdom East School District provides several opportunities for students to access healthy and nutritional food before, during and after school. Dependent on federal grant funding, pre K-8th grade students receive fresh fruit and veggie snacks during the week, and students up to age 18 who stay after school receive a free after school expanded snack. Breakfasts and lunches are free this year for all students. We will be contracting with Genuine Foods in the upcoming school year to provide delicious, nutritious, and high quality meals to students and staff.
Adult and 2nd meal breakfast and lunch prices are listed below.
Breakfast and lunch are free for all students again this year. Regardless, we ask that you please fill out the
2026-2027 Household Income Form. This information helps your school access federal and state education dollars. This funding supports reading, math, science, arts, PE, afterschool and other vital programming. Menus will be sent home and will be available online as we get closer to the beginning of the school year, and will be available at the beginning of each month to help you plan in advance.
Menus are subject to change.
Adult Breakfast:
$TBD*
Adult Lunch:
$TBD*
Breakfast & Lunch Menus
Breakfast and lunch menus are published monthly. To view this months menus and nutritional facts, please click the button below.
Pricing & Payment Policy
Kingdom East offers meals at no charge to all students using the Community Eligibility Provision. The State of Vermont will provide a Universal Meals Supplement to cover the cost of any “paid” student meals. Our meal charge policy will remain in effect for a la carte items, second meals, and adult meals.
2025-2026 Meal Prices:
Per 2nd Serving and Staff Lunches, please take advantage of the options to prepay your student's meal accounts. Prepaid meal accounts help the lunch lines go faster and gives students more time to eat, relax, and play. It also gives you the peace of mind of not having to worry about looking for lunch money every day or worry that it might get lost, stolen or used for other things other than lunch.
- Adult Breakfast $3.05
- Adult Lunch $5.25
Schools Operating Under CEP
We are pleased to inform you that all schools in Kingdom East School District (Burke, Concord, Lunenburg, Lyndon, Miller’s Run, Newark, Sutton) will be implementing a new program available to schools participating in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs called the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP).
Pre-Payment Options
We recommend using the Meals Plus online payment feature: www.k12paymentcenter.com
Online Payments
Online payments are a simple, safe and secure way to make payments to your students account 24 hours a day at your convenience.
Send Check or Cash
You can always bring money personally or send it with your student. Please place it in an envelope marked clearly with your student's name, their ID #, their teacher's name, the $ amount and the check #. Turn in prepaid deposits to the cafeteria cashier(s) or school office.
Download and Print Out a pre-formatted #10 Envelope for making Deposits
If you choose to bring money to school personally or send it with your student, please put it in an envelope clearly marked with the student's first and last name, their ID #, their teacher's name, and the amount enclosed.
Free & Reduced Meals Application
Summer EBT Benefits are Here!
Vermont is issuing Summer EBT benefits starting in June. Most children who are eligible will receive the $120 benefit automatically. Benefits can be used to buy food at grocery stores, farmer’s markets, and online where EBT cards are accepted.
The Vermont Department for Children and Families will send you a letter if your family will get the benefit automatically. If you already have an EBT card, the benefits will be added to that card. If you need a replacement card, you can call 1-888-354-0012 (Option 7). If you think you qualify, but you do not receive a letter by July, please visit https://summerebt.vermont.gov/ to submit a short application. Summer EBT benefits do not affect your immigration status.
In addition to Summer EBT, children 18 and under can receive free meals at any open summer meal site. All children are invited to get summer meals, even if you do not qualify for Summer EBT. Call 2-1-1 or visit https://www.fns.usda.gov/summer/sitefinder starting in late June to find sites near you. Free meals will be offered at the KESD Summer Program at Miller’s Run to students in attendance.
Families with EBT cards can visit Vermont State Parks for free! Just show your EBT card at the park entrance and you and your household can enter for free. Visit https://www.vermontparksforever.org/paf-pilot to learn more.
AOE Press Release: Posted May 21, 2024
S-EBT Program Announcement: Eligible Vermont School Children to Receive Financial Support for Summer Meals
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved Vermont’s Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (SEBT) plan to help feed eligible school aged children during the summer vacation months. Vermont is among the first states to launch the new permanent SEBT program.
The Department for Children and Families (DCF) will be issuing a preloaded EBT card to those who don’t have one yet. Households where the school aged child is receiving 3SquaresVT benefits, their S-EBT will be loaded on the same card. The benefit is $120 for the summer per child. Families can use the benefits to purchase groceries. For additional information, including specific eligibility criteria, visit summerebt.vermont.gov.
USDA Notice to Beneficiaries & Prospective Beneficiaries
Effective July 2, 2024
USDA Nondiscrimination Statement
In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.
Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ad-3027.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:
mail:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
fax:
(833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
email:
Program.Intake@usda.gov
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
