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  • LP School Nutrition

School Nutrition Team Members

 

Your La Porte ISD School Nutrition Department is privileged, honored, and proud to serve delicious and healthy meals to the students of this amazing community. We are fully committed to supporting student success through the resources provided by the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program. Customer service, innovation, and transparency are at the forefront of what we do. Please know that we are here to serve you and your students. Don't hesitate to call or email us at with any questions, concerns, suggestions, or comments. We look forward to hearing from you.

(281) 604-6950

SchoolNutrition@lpisd.org

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Breakfasts and Lunches are Free for All LPISD Students This School Year!

 

This school year, breakfasts and lunches for all enrolled students will be provided at no cost. There will no longer be any meal applications nor any other steps a family must take to qualify; these meals are available to every student automatically. This will reduce the burden on families and help ensure that every La Porte ISD student has access to the healthy, delicious meals.

  • La Porte ISD has enrolled in the USDA’s Community Eligibility Provision, which is a non-pricing option that allows qualifying districts to serve meals at no cost to students. This program also eliminates the need for meal applications.

  • Absolutely! 

    Free breakfasts and lunches may still be helpful though. La Porte ISD utilizes the “offer versus serve” model, meaning that K-12 students don’t have to take every item available at each meal period. They can pick and choose among the items available and add milk, fruit, vegetables, and more to any meal brought from home. Each cafeteria has information for students on how to build a complete meal by choosing among the day’s offerings. Please call us at (281) 604-6950 if you have questions about how free breakfasts and lunches may benefit students who bring food from home.

  • Parents and guardians may still request a letter stating that their child receives meal benefits, just like they could in the past. This letter is available for any enrolled student. If you need a letter, please email the information below to SchoolNutrition@lpisd.org or call (281) 604-6950 and we’ll be happy to help. We will email the letter or you may pick it up from 2015 Sens Road. We look forward to helping you.

    Please provide:

    Your name

    Your students’ name(s) and ID numbers

    Your mailing address

  • For a meal to be complete, and therefore free, it must meet USDA requirements regarding how many items are taken as well as each tray including a fruit or vegetable. Your campus cafe workers are trained to help and support students in creating complete and healthy meals. Meals that do not meet federal requirements, such as “just an entree” or “milk only” must be charged as a la carte. 

  • One complete breakfast and lunch are free every school day. These meals do not require any funds in the student’s account or a MySchoolBucks account. However, healthy a la carte options are still available for purchase at every campus. Students may continue to purchase extra tray items and other a la carte options using cash or their meal account.

About Us

  • We will ensure La Porte ISD remains a district of destination by maximizing student access to healthy and delicious meals. Through a consistent and disciplined commitment to customer-centered innovation, data-driven decision making, transparent leadership, investment in our team members, and the fiscal management required to be self-funded, we will remain positioned to fully support the students and stakeholders of La Porte ISD.

  • We are always eager to hear what our students, parents, and community have to say about our meals and service.  Although we strive constantly to improve both, we can't do it without your input.  Please feel free to call us at (281) 604-6950 or email comments to SchoolNutrition@lpisd.org.  We will respond to each and every message we receive.  We take pride in serving the students of La Porte ISD and together, we can make school meals a part of why it's always a great day to be a Bulldog!

  • Ralph Wilkins, MBA, MS, RD, LD, SNS
    Director of School Nutrition

    Cheryl Sloan
    Coordinator, School Nutrition Trainer

    Katherine Yarbrough
    Coordinator, School Nutrition

  • La Porte High School
    (281) 604-7550

    The Academy of Viola DeWalt High School
    (281) 604-6910

    La Porte Junior High
    (281) 604-6613

    Lomax Junior High
    (281) 604-6712

    James H. Baker Sixth Grade Campus
    (281) 604-6833

    Bayshore Elementary
    (281) 604-4679

    College Park Elementary
    (281) 604-4486

    Heritage Elementary
    (281) 604-2696

    Jennie Reid Elementary
    (281) 604-4561

    La Porte Elementary
    (281) 604-4739

    Lomax Elementary
    (281) 604-4346

    Leo A. Rizzuto Elementary
    (281) 604-6557

  • We look forward to continuing our award-winning local foods program this school year. One of our primary goals is to serve locally-sourced fresh fruit each Friday. These choices will vary with the growing season.

    Students at La Porte High School have access to a loaded salad bar. This salad bar features locally-grown hydroponic lettuce each and every day. We’re looking to expand the variety of Texas vegetables available there.

    The entire month of October, we feature locally-sourced foods from every food group across every lunch menu. We shine a spotlight on the awesome local farmers who make our meals possible. Keep an eye on our October menus to see the great things that are happening in LPISD school nutrition.

Important Information & Frequently Asked Questions

  • Funds may be added to meal accounts in several ways. Students may deposit cash or checks with any campus cashier. Please include your driver's license number and student's ID on any checks. There is no fee or charge associated with depositing funds at a campus and the money will be available immediately. You may also add money to a child's account and check their balance simply and quickly using the Myschoolbucks link below.  You will need your student's name, student ID number, and the zip code of their campus.  There is a  processing fee associated with depositing funds using the Myschoolbucks website.

    Myschoolbucks

  • Do you need a refund from your child's meal account?  If so, please download the attached form and fill it out completely.  You may take the completed form to your child's cafeteria manager, or email it to us at the address below.  Please call the main office at (281) 604-6950 with any questions.

    Student Account Refund Request.pdf

    SCHOOLNUTRITION@LPISD.ORG

  • You can easily transfer funds by emailing your request to SchoolNutrition@lpisd.org.  Please include the names, grades (or graduation date), and addresses of the students you want to transfer funds to and from.  Please call us at (281) 604-6950 with any questions.  Please know that we cannot transfer funds via phone conversation, nor can we transfer funds to or from students in another school district.  Thank you for understanding.

    School Nutrition Email

  • Is your student’s birthday coming up and you’re looking to celebrate? The school nutrition department has a wide variety of healthy snacks available. At your request and with the teacher’s permission, we can arrange for those to be delivered at an appropriate time. Please email us at SchoolNutrition@lpisd.org or call (281) 604-6950 and we’ll be happy to discuss the options available. 

  • The School Health Advisory Council is a critical part of La Porte ISD's efforts to improve the health and wellbeing of our students.  We are looking for parents able to meet with us once a quarter and provide invaluable advice and feedback on how we can better serve our students.  If you'd like to learn more about SHAC, please visit our SHAC website or contact Ms. Katherine Yarbrough, Coordinator of School Nutrition for more information.

    School Health Advisory Council

    FFA LOCAL.pdf

    LPISD Wellness Plan.pdf

    LPISD Wellness Plan Triennial Assessment

     

  • Media Release – La Porte ISD
    Community Eligibility Provision (CEP)

    The La Porte Independent School District has announced that it will operate the Community Eligibility
    Provision (CEP) under the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program for the 2024-
    2025 school year. All La Porte Independent School District campuses will participate. Schools
    operating CEP serve breakfast and lunch to all children at no charge and eliminate the collection of
    meal applications for free, reduced-price, and paid student meals. This approach reduces burdens for
    families and helps ensure that students receive nutritious meals.
    For additional information please contact the following person:

    La Porte Independent School District
    Ralph E. Wilkins II, MBA, MS, RD, LD
    Director of School Nutrition
    2015 Sens Road, La Porte, Texas 77571
    (281) 604-6950
    Schoolnutrition@lpisd.org

  • Per the 2023-2024 Student Handbook:

    "In an effort to maintain a safe and secure learning environment, parents/guardians will not be allowed to deliver any outside food during the instructional day, to include lunches or snacks. Drinks will be allowed in the student’s lunch kit, to be consumed during the lunch period.

    Water fountains are located throughout each campus. For this reason, personal clear water bottles or containers with lids will be permitted.

    In the event that the student has left his/her lunch at home, sack lunches and lunch kits may be delivered by 9:00 a.m. to the front office."

    For any information regarding this policy, please contact the front office of the campus your student attends.

We're Proud to Serve Locally-Sourced Food!

Tray of sliced watermelon wrapped up next to 2 whole watermelons

 

USDA Non-Discrimination 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: USDA Complain Form, 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: 1. Mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights 1400  Independence Avenue, SW Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or 2. Fax: (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or 3. Email: program.intake@usda.gov. This institution is an equal opportunity provider.