Children need healthy meals to learn. Diboll ISD offers healthy meals every school day. Your children may qualify for free meals or for reduced-priced meals. To apply for free or reduced-price meals, use the Free and Reduced-Price School Meals Application, which is sent home with your child at the beginning of school. Be sure to fill out all required information and return it to your school’s cafeteria.

These new guidelines focus on cutting down the amount and type of fat in the diet and cutting down on sweets and other foods that are high and calories and low in nutrients. For example, soft drinks and candy are limited at the secondary schools and eliminated at the elementary schools. Foods such as pastry, ice cream, and fries are restricted in the portion and frequency in which they can be served. Food from outside sources may not be brought on campus at the elementary schools and are restricted at the secondary schools. For more detail on these guidelines, see the handout given in the school registration packet.

Foods available on school premises should provide for the nutritional well-being of children and be considered as carefully as other educational support services. Nutritious meals can improve students’ concentration and help them succeed academically. These new guidelines became effective August 1, 2004 and are an important step forward in improving the nutritional health of students.