LUNCH PROGRAM POLICIES / PROCEDURES

• All school lunches are pre-ordered and prepaid by the week.
• Monthly lunch menus go home the Friday before the beginning of that month. Weekly lunch order forms go home every Friday. When student holidays interfere with this schedule, the weekly lunch order form will be sent home on the last day of the school week and/or lunch order forms will be DUE on the first day of the school week (i.e. Labor Day holiday, etc.). Menus and orders forms may also be found on our website at cumberlandchristian.org.
• Every child ordering off the lunch menu must complete an order form for that week. Families with more than one child must complete a lunch order form for each child, but may pay with one check so long as all orders and checks are in the same envelope.
• Please send orders and payments with your most responsible child. Make checks payable to CCA. Please do not combine lunch money with tuition, field trips, book orders, etc. These payments need to be made by separate checks, please.
• All lunch order forms and full payment must be received on Monday morning by 8:30 a.m. No exceptions. In the event your child is late or absent on Monday and you would like to place an order, please call the school office by 8:30 a.m. Otherwise, please be prepared to send a lunch with your child for that week.
• Due to our commitment level with local vendors, we are unable to issue credits or refunds for meals when your child is late or absent. In this case, your child's meal will be available for pick-up or it will be stored in the refrigerator for your child to eat the next day or to take home.
• There are no heat-ups on Fridays. Please provide a sack lunch if your child does not order.
• Heat-ups should be securely labeled with your child's name and teacher's name. Please remind your child to put their heat-up in the basket provided in their classroom.
• When sending a heat-up, please make sure it is ready to serve and is in a microwaveable-safe dish (i.e. soup cans, etc). We do not have containers to transfer and serve food items.
• Please do not send Ramen Noodles, Easy Mac or any other lunches that require preparation. We do not have the manpower to prepare them. You can, however, prepare these types of meals at home and send it in a microwaveable-safe dish.
• Only 5th Grade students will be allowed to purchase sodas (caffeine-free, of course). 2% milk, Capri Suns, and water are available to all students in grades K5 through 5th Grade. If you send a soda with your child, it must be caffeine-free. Students in K5, 1st and 2nd are not allowed to bring sodas. Please note that the 2% milk option is on a trial basis and will be re-evaluated at a later date.
• In the past, we have had a lot of students to forget to put their heat-ups in the basket provided in their classroom. As a result, it backs up our lunch schedule; therefore, beginning September, we will begin the following procedures for students that forget to turn in their heat-ups:

1st Offense: Student's name goes on "oops" list.
2nd Offense: A note will be sent home to the parents requesting their assistance.
3rd Offense: Student will write sentences.