About Our Programs

Breakfast Program

Mornings can be really crazy and sometimes there is no time for your student to eat at home. Please be aware that we serve breakfast in every school building. A nutritious school breakfast helps students be more alert so they can focus in class. It also provides the vitamins and nutrients for a strong and healthy body. See below for your school’s breakfast serving times.

Elementary Schools                                                  

Secondary Schools

Lunch Program

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) is a federally assisted meal program operating in public and nonprofit private schools and residential childcare institutions. It provides nutritionally balanced, low-cost, or free lunches to children each school day. The program was established under the National School Lunch Act, signed by President Harry Truman in 1946. USDA

Breakfast and Lunch Charging Policy

For the 2026-2027 school year, Carman-Ainsworth Community Schools are participating in the National School Lunch Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) in which all C-A students receive one free breakfast and one free lunch per day. 

1. No students will be allowed to charge a second breakfast, second lunch or any al carte items.
2. No adults will be allowed to charge for any food or drink items.

Pricing of Adult Meals in the NSLP & SBP - USDA

Breakfasts and lunches served to teachers, administrators, custodians and other adults must be priced so that the adult payment in combination with any per-lunch revenues from other sources designated specifically for the support of adult meals (such as state or local fringe benefit or payroll funds, or funding from voluntary agencies) is sufficient to cover the overall cost of the lunch. Including the value of any USDA entitlement and bonus donated foods used to prepare the meal. If cost data are not available, the minimum adult payment should reflect the price charged to students paying the school’s designated full price, plus the current value of federal cash and donated food assistance (entitlement and bonus) for full price meals. In non-pricing programs, the adult charge should be at least the amount of reimbursement received for a free lunch under Section 4 and 11 of the National School Lunch Act, plus the per-meal value of both entitlement and bonus donated foods, or for breakfasts, the rate established for free meals under Section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act, plus the value of bonus commodities. 

Meals served to adults who are directly involved in the operation and administration of the school nutrition programs may, at the discretion of the school food authority, be furnished at no charge. As such, their cost may be fully attributed to and supported by the nonprofit food service operation. 

Meals served to these adults may not be claimed for reimbursement or counted towards the donated foods entitlement. The determination of individuals, positions involved, and the degree to which their services are attributed to the nonprofit food service program operations is left to state and local officials.

Carman-Ainsworth Adult Meal Prices 2026-2027