Food Services
Welcome to JKL Bahweting School's Food Service Program!
2025-26 School Year
We are pleased to inform you that JKL Bahweting School will continue to participate in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) as part of the National School Lunch and Breakfast Program for the 2025-26 School Year.
The GREAT NEWS is that ALL students enrolled at JKL are eligible to receive a healthy breakfast and lunch at NO CHARGE each day of the 2025-26 school year. For those students wishing to bring cold lunch to school, milk can be purchased for $.50.
JKL asks that all families complete a 2025-2026 Household Information Form. This form is needed for administrative purposes, not to determine eligibility. This information allows our school to benefit from various State and Federal supplemental programs like Title I and At Risk, and is critical in determining the amount of funding the school receives from a variety of supplemental programs. Please complete and return as soon as possible. All information submitted is confidential. Without your assistance, the school cannot maximize utilization of available State and Federal funds.
CEP Household Information Form and Instructions
JKL provides breakfast to all students every morning. Breakfast starts at 7:45 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. in the cafeteria. There is no cost for breakfast.
Meal Charge Policy
Joseph K. Lumsden Bahweting Anishnabe Public School Academy has a policy that applies to all students and staff. The District realizes that there are times when staff and students may forget their lunch money. To ensure that staff and students do not go hungry, but also promote responsible staff, student behavior and minimize the burden to the District, the Board of Education will allow staff and students to charge the cost of the meals to be paid back at a later date.
If staff suspect that a student/family may be abusing this policy, written notice will be provided to the parent/guardian that if he/she continues to abuse this policy, the privilege of charging meals may be refused although we will continue to work with all families.
All accounts must be settled at the end of a school year. Letters will be sent home prior to the school year ending to students and staff who have a negative balance. Families are expected to pay balance due before the school year ends.
The District cannot go on indefinitely feeding students for free. Unlimited ‘charged’ meals would not be fair to the vast majority of students/parents who are paying for their lunches. Unpaid lunches would ultimately affect lunch prices.
Summer Food Service Program (SFSP)
Visit www.mcgi.state.mi.us/schoolnutrition to locate sites across Michigan that offer a Summer Food Service Program.
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, a Complainant should complete a
Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be
obtained online at: USDA Program Discrimination Complaint 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.