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Meal Plans

Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD) provides meal services for our students. Lunch is offered at all schools. Brunch is available at middle and high schools. Snacks or ala carte items are offered during brunch and lunch at middle schools and high schools for students to supplement their meals. To view menus visit www.chartwellsmenus.com.

Families may be eligible for free or reduced priced meals. To apply, you may complete the online form by visiting www.lunchapp.com or you can pick up an application at Food Services, 25 Churchill Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94306.

Meal Prices


Lunch prices are as follows:   Brunch available at all secondary schools
 
Elementary School $3.75   Brunch: $2.50
Middle School $4.25   Reduced price brunch $.30
High School $4.25      
Reduced Price Lunch $.40      

Parents interested in participating in our lunch program have the option to choose one of the following methods of payment for meal purchases:

  • Meal Card-Account Payment
  • Cash Payment

Meal Card-Account Payment is for parents who wish to pay for school meals without sending cash to school. Parents can create an on-line account at www.lunchdeposit.com. A meal card will be issued for your student and kept at school. There is a 6% service fee for this method, or you may send a check in to the student's school office, made payable to PAUSD Food Service, and his/her account will be credited. We strongley prefer this method rather than sending cash with your student on a daily basis.

Cash Payment option is for parents who wish to pay for school meals with cash. Students need to bring cash every time he/she choose to purchase lunch. No meal card will be issued for your student and no meals will be provided without cash payment at time of service.

All lunches at the elementary schools are pre-ordered by 9:00 a.m. each school day.

Middle School and High School students can create and account on-line also and will receive a PIN number to use rather than a meal card.

How to deposit money for your child's lunch?


Visit www.lunchdeposit.com, open an account (opening an account is free – you will need your child’s 8 digit Student ID number) and deposit money into your child’s account online! You can also view your child’s lunch account balance on line at the same website. Note: There is a 6% service fee each time funds are deposited on www.lunchdeposit.com

Deposits will be credited to your child’s lunch account.

Don’t want to deposit funds online?  Send a check made out to PAUSD Food Service to your child’s school or to Food Services at 25 Churchill Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94306. The amount sent will be deposited into your child’s lunch account. (We cannot honor the 10% credit for deposits made in this manner.


For questions about meal plans, contact Food Services at foodserv@pausd.org or (650) 329-3806.



Revised August 2007