School Nutrition
Celebrate School Lunch Hero Day – May 2, 2025!
Join us in honoring the incredible dedication of our school nutrition professionals on School Lunch Hero Day, Friday, May 2, 2025. These everyday heroes ensure our students receive nutritious meals that fuel their learning and growth.
Explore the following resources to celebrate our Lunch Heroes in and out of the classroom:
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Coloring Sheets: Fun, printable pages that allow students to express their appreciation creatively.
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Printable Greeting Cards: Heartfelt thank-you cards available in English and Spanish for students to personalize and share.
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Comic Book Activity: Download and print Lunch Lady comic book panels where students can write and illustrate their own ending to the story.
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Video: Learn to Draw a Lunch Lady: Follow along as author Jarrett J. Krosoczka demonstrates how to draw a Lunch Lady—then challenge students to create their own school lunch hero!
Explore all these resources and more at the official School Lunch Hero Day Resource Page:
🔗 schoolnutrition.org/resource/2025-school-lunch-hero-day-resource-page/
Let's come together to show our gratitude for the heroes in our cafeterias!
Free and Reduced Meal Applications
Apply for meal benefits today! Click the picture above to apply for school year 2024-2025.
Applications are open all year long, it's never too late to apply.
If you need assistance with your meal application, contact Angela Harrison at aharrison@marietta-city.org or at 678-695-7274.
School Menus
Check out our daily breakfast and lunch menus! The School Nutrition Program follows the USDA School Nutrition Standards for all meals served.
Choose your student's school to view the appropriate menu.
We are pleased to announce that we now accept credit/debit card payments via Square.
Fee: $0.30 charge per $5.00 increment.
Meal Prices
- Pre-K and Elementary Schools
- Breakfast: $2.00
- Lunch: $3.00
- 6th Grade and MMS
- Breakfast: $2.00
- Lunch: $3.20
- Marietta High
- Breakfast: $2.00
- Lunch: $3.20
- Reduced Prices for All Schools
- Breakfast: $0.30
- Lunch: $0.40
*Families approved for Reduced Meal Pricing will not be required to pay the $.30 for breakfast and the $.40 for lunch due to Georgia Department of Education funding that will be used to cover those costs during the 2024 school year.
We encourage all families to complete and submit an application regardless of this update.
- MCS Employees
- Breakfast: $2.00
- Lunch: $5.00
- All Visitors
- Breakfast: $2.00
- Lunch: $5.00
- Special Occasion Meals - $6.00
Visitors may be allowed during meal service at schools. Visitor dates and capacity may vary by school.
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LINQ Connect allows you to view your student's meal account balance, add money to the account, as well as set low balance reminders.
Linq Connect also allows you to see daily school menus. You can download LINQ Connect from Google Play.
Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program
The Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP) is a federally funded program providing free fresh fruits and vegetables to children at eligible elementary schools during the school day. The goal of the FFVP is to introduce children to fresh fruits and vegetables, to include new and different varieties, and to increase overall acceptance and consumption of fresh, unprocessed produce among children.
September 2024 FFVP Resources
October 2024 FFVP Resources
November 2024 FFVP Resources
December 2024 FFVP Resources
January 2025 FFVP Resources
February 2025 FFVP Resources
April 2025 FFVP Resources
May 2025 FFVP Resources
Lunch Angels
Lunch Angels is a program that allows the community to help cover the costs of school meals for students who may not have qualified to receive a free or reduced-price lunch but still might have trouble paying for a meal every day.
Donate to Lunch Angels to support the program.
School Nutrition Contacts
Director of School Nutrition
Assistant Director of School Nutrition
Compliance Specialist
Procurement Specialist
Culinary Manager
District Chef
David Garcia
Cobb & Douglas Public Health Inspection Scores (Fall 2024)
| Early Learning Center | 100 | A |
| A. L. Burruss Elementary | 100 | A |
| Dunleith Elementary | 91 | A |
| Hickory Hills Elementary | 100 | A |
| Lockheed Elementary | 100 | A |
| Park Street Elementary | 100 | A |
| Sawyer Road Elementary | 91 | A |
| West Side Elementary | 100 | A |
| Marietta Center for Advanced Academics | 100 | A |
| Marietta Sixth Grade Academy | 100 | A |
| Marietta Middle School | 100 | A |
| Marietta High School | 100 | A |
USDA Non-Discrimination Statement
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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 Form AD-3027 (USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form) which can be also be obtained online on the USDA website, 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:
- Mail:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or - Fax:
(833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or - Email:
Program.Intake@usda.gov
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.