SCHOOL NUTRITION PROGRAM

OUR GOAL

The goal of School Nutrition Services is to provide nutritionally adequate, moderately priced breakfast and lunch meals to enable students to take full advantage of the educational process as meeting the nutritional needs of each student leads to a better learning environment.  

Students are encouraged to take part in our U.S. Department of Agriculture’s federally-assisted School Breakfast and Lunch Programs, Child and Adult Care Food Program, Summer Food Service Program, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program as well as our After school Snack Programs.  

Our ANSI (American National Standards Institute) Certified Food Protection cafeteria managers are dedicated to the health and well-being of our students serving approximately 940,000 breakfasts and 2,000,000 lunch meals annually to approximately 13,000 students across the district.  Our nutritious meals are served according to the USDA Dietary Guidelines.  Students have access to a variety of fresh fruits, wholesome vegetables, healthy entrees and a variety of low-fat or fat-free milk.  
Nutritious supplemental items such as extra milk and menu items or snacks are also available for purchase.

 
2025 - 2026 Student CEP Meal Information:

Under the USDA Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) Program – a key provision of The Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act (HHFKA, Public Law 111-296; December 13, 2010), breakfast and lunch meals are provided at no cost to enrolled students in 33 schools.  CEP is a meal service option for schools and districts in low-income areas.  Students who attend a CEP school do not have to complete a free/reduced meal application.  

We hope the information you find here will be helpful and informative to you and your family.  If you have any questions or concerns about our School Nutrition Program, you may contact:
Dewana Faison, School Nutrition Director at 919.705.6139 or dewanafaison@wcps.org  

https://www.fns.usda.gov/civil-rights/usda-nondiscrimination-statement-other-fns-programs

School Nutrition Links

School Menu

Printable Breakfast & Lunch Menus

Selection & Prices

Community Eligibility Provision program

The Wayne County Board of Education approved the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) method for the 2025-26 school year for all schools.  CEP is a key provision of The Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act (HHFKA) authorized by Congress in 2010.   CEP allows districts the opportunity to serve breakfast and lunch meals at no cost to all enrolled students without the burden of collecting household student meal applications.  CEP is available to all schools within an LEA, a group of schools or individual schools that meet USDA requirements.
  

https://www.fns.usda.gov/civil-rights/usda-nondiscrimination-statement-other-fns-programs

K12PaymentCenter.com

Student Lunch and Ala Carte Prepayments

K12PaymentCenter, formerly LunchPrepay.com, is the one-stop shop for automated school meal account management. 

  • Make meal payments on the internet using your credit card.

  • Check your child's cafeteria account balance.

  • Get low balance alerts for your child's account by e-mail.

  • See daily meal transactions for your child. 

K12PaymentCenter brings school lunch into the age of technology. Using the secure site to make payments and monitor your student's account gives you the assurance of knowing where your money is going and how it is being spent. Using K12PaymentCenter will remove the stress that comes with making sure your student has cash for lunch.

K12PaymentCenter is an easy, secure and convenient way to pay for lunch. 

  https://www.fns.usda.gov/civil-rights/usda-nondiscrimination-statement-other-fns-programs

INVITATION FOR BID ADVERTISEMENT

 

The Wayne County School District non-profit School Nutrition Program in the Wayne County School District is soliciting bids to provide large equipment: Commercial cafeteria serving lines, commercial walk-in freezers and commercial dish machines. 

For questions regarding the IFB, please submit via email to dewanafaison@wcps.org.  Bids are due by 2:00 PM on September 10, 2025.  Bids will be opened at the address below.  The Wayne County School District has the right to reject any or all proposals. 

For information and bid packet contact:

Dewana Faison

Wayne County Public Schools

810 Bain Street

Goldsboro, NC 27530

(919) 705-6139

 

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