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School Nutrition Services

Bulloch County's School Nutrition Services is committed to serving nutritious, well-balanced meals to students daily.  We strive to help build healthy children who are ready to learn.
 
We participate in the National School Lunch Program, National School Breakfast Program, and the Seamless Summer Program. We use provisions within these programs, like Provision 2 and the Community Eligibility Provision, to increase children's access to school meals. All programs are regulated and funded by the United States Department of Agriculture with the School and Community Nutrition Unit of the Georgia Department of Education overseeing the program administration.  

Examples of Our School Meals & Serving Sizes

School Meal

Spaghetti with meat sauce, garlic bread, green beans, baby carrots with ranch dressing dip, blueberries, and milk.

School Meal

Chili, yeast roll, broccoli, garden salad with ranch dressing, niblet corn, tangerine, and milk.

example of a school meal

Shepherd's Pie, English Peas, biscuit, baby carrots, diced peaches, and milk.

Frequently Asked Questions About Recent Changes in School Nutrition

For the 2024 / 2025 school year, we have expanded free access to nutritious meals to children in Bulloch County through United States Department of Agriculture provisions. We have also had to increase the cost of our meals for those without meal benefits due to the rising costs of food, labor, and equipment and to comply with federal Paid Lunch equity rules which require us to charge enough money for paid lunches to cover the cost of making them. We understand that you may have many questions. We encourage you to read this article and review our answers to frequently asked questions.  

Key Information

Online Service Tools & Mobile Application

The school district communicates with families about completing the annual school meal application and about low balances on meal accounts; however, it is essential that families be personally responsible for ensuring either their child's meal benefits application or meal payments are submitted on time, whether or not a reminder is received. Please note that a missed reminder does not exempt families from making necessary payments. We appreciate your attention to this important matter. 

There are two online services tools and mobile apps which can help families better manage school meal accounts: The My School Apps and My School Bucks. We invite you to use them.

My school apps
  • To receive meal benefits the first day of school, a meal application must be completed and processed by the school district prior to the first day of school.
  • The school district will only grant a grace period through September 10, if a family either received benefits the previous school year, or if the school district has documentation that the family is eligible for the United States Department of Agriculture's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or the Department of Human Resources' Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program.
  • Any eligible family without a complete, approved application by September 11, will be required to pay full price for school lunch.
My School Bucks

If needed, the My School Bucks website and mobile application may be used to securely manage and upload funds to their child's school meal account. Parents will also receive email and text notifications when their child's fund balance is low to alert them to add more funds.

Local Wellness Policy Review

If you would like to participate in the review, update, and implementation of the local school wellness policy, please contact the Bulloch County School Nutrition Director: 

Desiree Yaeger, School Nutrition Director
Bulloch County Schools
18201 Highway 80 West
Statesboro, Georgia 30458
912-212-8620 and 912-212-8629 (facsimile)
By email or dyaeger@bullochschools.org

The meal examples above include all of the hot meal menu options that would have been offered to a student on that day's menu. We use an offer-versus-serve method for all students. This means our food service staff will offer students food items, but students are allowed to refuse any food items they do not want.  The offer-versus-serve method reduces our food costs by decreasing waste, yet the meal qualifies for reimbursement through the National School Lunch and National School Breakfast programs.

Contact Us

School Nutrition Services Department
912.212.8629