ARAMARK Corporation, the world leader in managed services, is delighted to be apart of the Charleston community. In our partnership with Charleston Community Unit School District, ARAMARK wants to make your student’s lunch experience enjoyable and nutritious. This will help to guide you through lunchroom policies and procedures for students at Charleston Schools.

 Meal Prices
Breakfast: Full -$1.20 Reduced $.30
Adult – $1.55
Lunch: Full - $2.00 Reduced - $.40
Adult – $2.40
Extra Entrée - $1.60 
Extra Milk - $.40

Free and Reduced Meals
If you are the parent of a free or reduced student, or think you may be eligible, please contact your school office to find out how to apply. You MUST reapply at the beginning of each school year, as the prior year’s application is only valid for the first thirty (30) days of school.

Breakfast
We realize that morning can be hectic. Let us worry about breakfast so you don’t have to! Charleston Food Service has a breakfast program in all 6 of our schools. Students will be able to purchase breakfast upon their arrival and start the day off right by eating their most important meal of the day: a nutritious breakfast. Studies show that students who eat breakfast perform better in the classroom and on standardized tests, and have fewer behavioral problems in the classroom. So let us help your student start the day off right with breakfast.

Lunch
Charleston Food Service offers a high quality lunch program to its students. A minimum of 7 entrée choices are offered daily at the High School, Middle School and Jefferson School.

At Ashmore, Carl Sandburg and Mark Twain Schools, 3 entrée choices are offered daily.  An array of healthy fresh fruits and vegetables are offered daily at all locations. With our many entrees options there is always something for everyone!

At Ashmore, Carl Sandburg and Mark Twain Elementary School, students select their entrees at the beginning of the school day. This helps Charleston Food Service control costs to keep meal prices low. It is important that students make every effort to take the same entrée during lunch that they selected in their classroom in the morning. Kitchen staff prepares entrees based on morning student lunch counts. When students “switch” entrees it increases the chance that the kitchen will run out of selections for students at the end of the lunch line. We always prepare little extra of each just in case, but if too many students change their minds, somebody will get shorted.

At the upper grade levels including Jefferson Elementary School, lunch counts are not taken. This can make it difficult to produce the proper amount of each entrée. At these locations the kitchen staff tries their very best to have all 7 or 8 entrée choices available throughout the entire lunch service period.