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Food Services Department

About HSD Food Services

Our Food Services Department provides nutritious meals and snacks to students and staff through participation in the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, and After School Snack Program. Regulations regarding meal patterns and program procedures are established by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
 

Contact Us

 
Alaina Melendez

Alaina Melendez
Director of Food Services
(717) 898-5566

For balance transfers and refunds, please contact the Food Service Office at (717) 898-5566.

Student Meal Account System

Free Breakfast and Lunch for All Students

Due to community eligible provision (CEP) – a federal program that allows schools to serve breakfast and lunch at no cost without collecting household applications to students in buildings with a high percentage of directly certified and categorically eligible students – students at all buildings will continue to receive free lunch for the 2025-26 school year. This is in addition to the free breakfast that is already offered.
 
Funds must be used to purchase snacks, drinks, ice cream, extra entrees, and other items not on the menu. For more information, visit the Meal Prices and Payment Options page.
 
If you would like to request a refund for funds in your child's account, please visit the Account Balances Procedures page for more information.

Food Safety

Not only is our department concerned with serving nutritious meals, we are also very diligent in maintaining food safety and sanitation standards. Every school has a minimum of two staff members who are trained and ServSafe certified.

Breakfast 

We want all of our students to eat a nutritious morning meal each day! Breakfast is served from 8:40 a.m.-9:00 a.m. in our elementary schools and beginning at 7:10 a.m. in our middle & high schools. 

Breakfast is free for all students.

SUN Meals 2026 (Summer Meals)

Our Food Services Department does not provide a Summer Food Service Program; however, families may use the following resources for participating locations & information on SUN Meals (Summer Meals) opportunities:    

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, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, AD-3027, 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.

USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.