Child Nutrition
FUELING STUDENT SUCCESS
Healthy meals help students learn, grow, and thrive. The Rogers Public Schools Child Nutrition Department serves nutritious breakfasts and lunches each school day while supporting the health and well-being of every student.
SCHOOL MEALS INFORMATION
Free summer meals are available for all children ages 0–18 through the Rogers Public Schools Summer Meal Program!
Breakfast and lunch will be served Monday through Friday from June 1 to July 31 at multiple school and mobile site locations across Rogers and Lowell. Kids must be present to receive meals
Manage Your Student's Meal Account
Families can add funds, review balances, view purchases, and manage meal benefits through SchoolCafe.
Add Funds
Secure online payments.
View Account Balances
Monitor student meal accounts.
Purchase History
Review meal purchases and transactions.
Meal Benefits & Application
Families may qualify for free or reduced-price meal benefits based on federal eligibility guidelines.
Apply Online
Applications can be completed through SchoolCafe at the beginning of each school year, starting July 1.
Need Your Approval Letter?
To request a copy of your student's Free and Reduced-Price Meals approval letter, contact Kellie Simpson at kellie.simpson@rpsar.net. You will be asked to verify your student's ID number, home address, school, and parent/guardian names.
For immediate access, log in to SchoolCafe and select Eligibility Info to view or print your approval letter. If you do not have an account, you will need your student's ID number and an email address to register.
Need to apply? Select Apply in SchoolCafe to submit a meal benefits application.
Meal Prices
Breakfast
FREE for all students
Faculty, parents, and visitors: $3.25
Lunch
Student Meal Prices (2026–2027 School Year)
A reimbursable lunch is available to all students during the 2026–2027 school year.
Elementary Schools: $2.45
Middle Schools: $2.95
High Schools: $3.10
Students approved for free or reduced-price meals through the 2026–2027 meal application program may qualify for free meals. Under Arkansas law, students eligible for reduced-price meals are not charged the traditional $0.40 reduced-price meal copay.
Adult Meals
Faculty, parents, and visitors: $5.25
Important: Adult meals may not be charged to an account and must be paid for at the time of purchase.
SchoolCafe
SchoolCafe allows families to:
Apply for meal benefits
Check meal balances
Make online payments
View purchases
Download approval letters
Supporting Every Student
Special Meal Modifications may be made to accommodate specific dietary needs with a Physician’s order stating the child’s diagnosis and a list provided of foods to be modified in the diet. This includes all texture modifications as well.
Examples are Gluten Free diet, Carbohydrate Controlled or Calorie Modification. Modification for allergies to tree nuts, peanuts, dairy, egg, soy, beef, pork and others. Fluid Milk may be refused by the child but a nutritionally adequate milk replacement (such as Soy Milk or Almond Milk) requires a physician’s order. Water is provided to all children at every meal.
For questions regarding Meal Modifications, please contact Margie Bowers, Child Nutrition Director at 479-631-3539 or send an email to margie.bowers@rpsar.net
It is our mission to support good health and readiness for learning by providing a healthy meal to every child in our district.
VEGETARIAN MENU AVAILABILITY
For the vegetarian student, meat may always be declined and the meal completed with vegetables, fruit, grain and milk. The meatless entrees listed will be available based on the main menu for the day. For example, when Chicken Alfredo is featured, you may request no meat. When a taco or burrito meal is featured, you may request a meatless version.
The DELI area will feature at least one meatless option daily. The GARDEN BAR is available for selection everyday for students who prefer a meatless meal. Fruit and Grain items and Milk complete the meal.
VEGAN MEALS- Because the Vegan meal does not allow animal proteins (meat, eggs or dairy) it does not meet the USDA meal pattern and will require a Physician’s order to replace these essential items. However, students may purchase meatless items separately without a physician’s order.
VEGETARIAN ENTRÉE
OPTIONS PER MENU ADD ANY HOT VEGETABLE AND FRUIT, PLUS GARDEN BAR, GRAIN AND MILK FOR A COMPLETE MEAL
CHEF SALADS With beans, Cheese and Egg (Available daily)
PASTA ENTRÉE (ALFREDO, SPAGHETTI, MAC & CHEESE) Decline the meat
EGG SALAD ON CROISSANT With chips
SUNBUTTER & JELLY SANDWICH With Chips
CHEESE NACHOS OR CHEESEY FRIES BEAN &CHEESE BURRITO OR TACOS With Salsa
COTTAGE CHEESE PLATE With Fruit, Hummus, Savory Crackers
CHEESE PIZZA Every Friday
RAMEN WITH VEGETABLES With Fruit, Boiled Egg- Decline meat
STUFFED BAKED POTATO With Cheddar, Broccoli, Scallions, Roll
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Free summer meals are available for all children ages 0–18 through the Rogers Public Schools Summer Meal Program!
Breakfast and lunch will be served Monday through Friday from June 1 to July 31 at multiple school and mobile site locations across Rogers and Lowell. Kids must be present to receive meals
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Manage Your Student's Meal Account
Families can add funds, review balances, view purchases, and manage meal benefits through SchoolCafe.
Add Funds
Secure online payments.View Account Balances
Monitor student meal accounts.Purchase History
Review meal purchases and transactions. -
Meal Benefits & Application
Families may qualify for free or reduced-price meal benefits based on federal eligibility guidelines.
Apply Online
Applications can be completed through SchoolCafe at the beginning of each school year, starting July 1.
Need Your Approval Letter?
To request a copy of your student's Free and Reduced-Price Meals approval letter, contact Kellie Simpson at kellie.simpson@rpsar.net. You will be asked to verify your student's ID number, home address, school, and parent/guardian names.
For immediate access, log in to SchoolCafe and select Eligibility Info to view or print your approval letter. If you do not have an account, you will need your student's ID number and an email address to register.
Need to apply? Select Apply in SchoolCafe to submit a meal benefits application.
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Meal Prices
Breakfast
FREE for all students
Faculty, parents, and visitors: $3.25
Lunch
Student Meal Prices (2026–2027 School Year)
A reimbursable lunch is available to all students during the 2026–2027 school year.
Elementary Schools: $2.45
Middle Schools: $2.95
High Schools: $3.10
Students approved for free or reduced-price meals through the 2026–2027 meal application program may qualify for free meals. Under Arkansas law, students eligible for reduced-price meals are not charged the traditional $0.40 reduced-price meal copay.
Adult Meals
Faculty, parents, and visitors: $5.25
Important: Adult meals may not be charged to an account and must be paid for at the time of purchase.
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SchoolCafe
SchoolCafe allows families to:
Apply for meal benefits
Check meal balances
Make online payments
View purchases
Download approval letters
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Supporting Every Student
Special Meal Modifications may be made to accommodate specific dietary needs with a Physician’s order stating the child’s diagnosis and a list provided of foods to be modified in the diet. This includes all texture modifications as well.
Examples are Gluten Free diet, Carbohydrate Controlled or Calorie Modification. Modification for allergies to tree nuts, peanuts, dairy, egg, soy, beef, pork and others. Fluid Milk may be refused by the child but a nutritionally adequate milk replacement (such as Soy Milk or Almond Milk) requires a physician’s order. Water is provided to all children at every meal.
For questions regarding Meal Modifications, please contact Margie Bowers, Child Nutrition Director at 479-631-3539 or send an email to margie.bowers@rpsar.net
It is our mission to support good health and readiness for learning by providing a healthy meal to every child in our district.
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VEGETARIAN MENU AVAILABILITY
For the vegetarian student, meat may always be declined and the meal completed with vegetables, fruit, grain and milk. The meatless entrees listed will be available based on the main menu for the day. For example, when Chicken Alfredo is featured, you may request no meat. When a taco or burrito meal is featured, you may request a meatless version.
The DELI area will feature at least one meatless option daily. The GARDEN BAR is available for selection everyday for students who prefer a meatless meal. Fruit and Grain items and Milk complete the meal.
VEGAN MEALS- Because the Vegan meal does not allow animal proteins (meat, eggs or dairy) it does not meet the USDA meal pattern and will require a Physician’s order to replace these essential items. However, students may purchase meatless items separately without a physician’s order.
VEGETARIAN ENTRÉE
OPTIONS PER MENU ADD ANY HOT VEGETABLE AND FRUIT, PLUS GARDEN BAR, GRAIN AND MILK FOR A COMPLETE MEAL
CHEF SALADS With beans, Cheese and Egg (Available daily)
PASTA ENTRÉE (ALFREDO, SPAGHETTI, MAC & CHEESE) Decline the meat
EGG SALAD ON CROISSANT With chips
SUNBUTTER & JELLY SANDWICH With Chips
CHEESE NACHOS OR CHEESEY FRIES BEAN &CHEESE BURRITO OR TACOS With Salsa
COTTAGE CHEESE PLATE With Fruit, Hummus, Savory Crackers
CHEESE PIZZA Every Friday
RAMEN WITH VEGETABLES With Fruit, Boiled Egg- Decline meat
STUFFED BAKED POTATO With Cheddar, Broccoli, Scallions, Roll
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In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity, in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA (not all bases apply to all programs). Remedies and complaint filing deadlines vary by program or incident.
Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.) should contact the State or local Agency that administers the program or contact USDA through the Telecommunications Relay Service at 711 (voice and TTY). Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.
To file a program discrimination complaint, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, AD-3027, found online at How to File a Program Discrimination Complaint and at any USDA office or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by: (1) mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Mail Stop 9410, Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; (2) fax: (202) 690-7442; or (3) email: program.intake@usda.gov.
USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.
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Aviso de No Discriminacion
Conforme a la ley federal y las políticas y regulaciones de derechos civiles del Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos (USDA), esta institución tiene prohibido discriminar por motivos de raza, color, origen nacional, sexo, edad, discapacidad, venganza o represalia por actividades realizadas en el pasado relacionadas con los derechos civiles (no todos los principios de prohibición aplican a todos los programas).
La información del programa puede estar disponible en otros idiomas además del inglés. Las personas con discapacidades que requieran medios de comunicación alternativos para obtener información sobre el programa (por ejemplo, Braille, letra agrandada, grabación de audio y lenguaje de señas americano) deben comunicarse con la agencia estatal o local responsable que administra el programa o con el TARGET Center del USDA al (202) 720-2600 (voz y TTY) o comunicarse con el USDA a través del Servicio Federal de Transmisión de Información al (800) 877-8339.
Para presentar una queja por discriminación en el programa, el reclamante debe completar un formulario AD-3027, Formulario de queja por discriminación del programa del USDA, que se puede obtener en línea, en https://www.ascr.usda.gov/sites/default/files/USDA-OASCR P-Complaint-Form-0508-0002-508-11-28- 17Fax2Mail.pdf, en cualquier oficina del USDA, llamando al (866) 632-9992, o escribiendo una carta dirigida al USDA. La carta debe contener el nombre, la dirección y el número de teléfono del reclamante, y una descripción escrita de la supuesta acción discriminatoria con suficiente detalle para informar al Subsecretario de Derechos Civiles (ASCR, por sus siglas en inglés) sobre la naturaleza y la fecha de la presunta violación de los derechos civiles. La carta o el formulario AD-3027 completado debe enviarse al USDA por medio de:
- correo postal: U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights 1400 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; o´
- fax: (833) 256-1665 o´ (202) 690-7442;
- correo electrónico:program.intake@usda.gov.
El USDA es un proveedor, empleador y prestamista que ofrece igualdad de oportunidades.
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As provided in SP 46-2016, all school food authorities (SFAs) operating the federal school meal programs (National School Lunch Program and/or School Breakfast Program) must have a written and clearly communicated meal charge administrative procedure in place.
All SFAs must have an administrative procedure in place for children participating at the full paid meal rate who either do not have money in their account or in hand to cover the cost of the meal at the time of service. SFAs are required to communicate this administrative procedure to families and school and/or district-level staff members as appropriate. SFAs should ensure the administrative procedure is communicated on an annual basis.
Families will have access to the meal charge administrative procedure via a written copy of the district-wide “Meal Charging and Collection” procedures each school year. Families of transfer students (during the year) will receive a written copy of the district-wide procedure when enrolled.
NEW ARKANSAS BENEFIT: Students who have qualified for “reduced priced” meals will not be charged a co-pay and will have no obligation to pay the co-pay of .40 cents for lunch.
Breakfast is FREE TO ALL STUDENTS regardless of meal benefit status.
Local Charge Administrative Procedure Considerations
General
Students who are categorized as “full paid status” and are unable to pay for their meals at the time of the meal service are allowed to charge per Arkansas State law. Meals will not be denied to any student.
Students charging breakfast and/or lunch will receive the same reimbursable meals available to all other students. Students will not be approached regarding a delinquent account or the need to bring money. Students may request the status of their account on their own but must do so as a private encounter with the cafeteria manager. Account balances will not be published or made known publically to anyone except the student and his/her parent or guardian.
Notification
The number of charges allowed for all students is not limited. Alternative meals will not be provided as a deterrent to charging. The parent or guardian will be contacted by letter, email, automated payment system notification or phone call when the account has remained delinquent without a payment plan in place. Families will be made aware of the opportunity to apply for free or reduced price meal benefits and assisted as needed in filling out the application. Families may not be “required” to apply for benefits.
Delinquent Debt
Delinquent debt is defined as overdue unpaid meal charges that are considered collectable, with efforts being made to collect them. The debt may remain on the accounting documents until it is either collected or determined to be uncollectable. The debt may be carried over in the student’s account at the end of the school year (beyond June 30).
Repayment plans
Each household may request a repayment plan that will include payment levels and due dates appropriate to a household’s particular circumstances. Please contact the cafeteria manager or program administrator for establishing a repayment plan.
Ala Carte’ Purchases
Ala carte’ purchases are items available to all students for purchase by exchange of cash or via the student’s meal Account. They are not a reimbursable meal and are not subject to charging.
Contact Information
Families may contact their school’s cafeteria manager for information or may call 479-631-3539 to speak to a Child Nutrition Program Administrator for further help or information.
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