Parent Information

Welcome to the 2020-2021 school year!

We would like to thank you for your support and understanding as we, as a nation and community, responded to the unexpected invasion of COVID-19. We are very proud of the way our parents and employees handled the demands we were faced with; to protect everyone as we continued to educate and feed our students during the most unusual of circumstances. Be assured, we have been working diligently on our CNP 2020- 2021 restart plans.

There is nothing new to the Child Nutrition Program when it comes to sanitizing and cleaning.  As we have very strict regulations and guidelines which we must follow.  Our desire is to return to normal (traditional) meal services with enhanced safety and cleaning procedures.

Healthy for Life is our commitment to create healthier environments and communities, by providing comprehensive nutrition and wellness education. This year we will continue to expand the program with more freshly prepared meals to better serve our students and their families; and this year as part of this expansion, we have updated the program design to better reflect the sophisticated tastes of today's students.

Breakfast

Eating breakfast at school helps children learn.  Studies show that children who eat breakfast at the start of their school day:

• Have higher math and reading scores. 
• They have sharper memory and show faster speed on cognitive tests. 
• They have broader vocabularies.
• They do better on standardized tests. 
• They focus better and behave better.

Eating breakfast at school has health benefits too.  Children are less likely to be absent. They’re less likely to see the school nurse and less likely to be overweight.  They eat more fruits, drink more milk and consume a wider variety of foods.  Please help us by encouraging your child to start their day with us.

Lunch

For your students, we offer a variety of meal choices with one goal in mind: to provide outstanding service and high quality, "student-friendly", meals that meet or exceed the latest federal and state requirements.  Our School menus are designed to ensure that students receive a balanced meal, consisting of foods from all major food groups in the right proportions to meet calorie and other nutrient needs. The products and the cooking methods we use conserve food quality and nutrients, while limiting the addition of fats.  So, although you may see popular items like hamburgers, pizza and chicken smackers on our menus, be assured that your child's school meal selections contain healthy grains and are lower in fat and salt than what you find in grocery stores or restaurants.

We will also be offering some different foods that your child may not have tried before: Calzones, Cheesy Beef Pasta and Cowboy Stew just to name a few; so please encourage your child(ren)to try these items. They just might become a new favorite! 

We appreciate your support and we are proud to serve you.  For more information about our menus and programs, please visit our website at www.cnpbr.org.  To learn more about healthy school meals visit http://www.fns.usda.gov or www.myhealthyforlife.com.

We hope that you and your child(ren) have a great year! Please feel free to call us at 225-387-6421 with any questions or comments.

Sincerely,

Lynda Carville
CNP Director

Absolutely! It will be easier for you, your child, and the cafeteria staff if you prepay for your child's meals. Our online payment system allows parents to prepay by depositing money into a child's individual account. You may pay for meals in advance by the week or month at www.myschoolbucks.com. Register and setup an account for your child. You still have the option of sending a check or money order in an envelope to school. Please have your child’s name and grade written on the envelope and on the check.

What is the price of school meals for students?

Can teachers or other school personnel restrict what a child selects from food offered in the cafeteria?

Decisions about selection of food are made by the student and parent within the USDA lunch program guidelines. Restrictions by school personnel will not be made concerning such selections.

May school lunch be held or restricted as a discipline method?

The National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 prohibits school food authorities from denying a meal or milk to any eligible child as a disciplinary measure. Any instance of this activity should be immediately reported to the school Principal and Child Nutrition Director.

How do I get meal substitutions or special nutritional needs met for my child?

You may obtain a Diet Order Form for food allergies from the CNP website www.cnpbr.org or your cafeteria manager. The Diet Order Form must be completed by your child's doctor each year and returned to the school cafeteria manager. Upon receiving the form, the cafeteria manager will consult with the Child Nutrition Director and enter the information into the child’s meal account to ensure that the diet order is fulfilled.

Who can get free or reduced price meals?

For more information on the Free and Reduced Price Meals program, please visit the Child Nutrition Program website (www.cnpbr.org Link: Parent Info).

Non Discrimination Statement

In accordance with Federal 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, age, disability, and reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.)

Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g. Braille, large print, audiotape, and 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 https://www.ocio.usda.gov/document/ad-3027, 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

Email
program.intake@usda.gov

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

MySchoolBucks®

The Child Nutrition Program is excited to announce our online payment system MySchoolBucks®! This online payment service provides a quick and easy way to add money to your student’s meal account using a credit/debit card or electronic check.

You can also view recent purchases, check balances, and set-up low balance alerts for FREE!

MySchoolBucks provides:

• Convenience: Available 24/7 on the web or with the Mobile App for your iPhone, Android or Windows phone!
• Efficiency: Make payments for all your students, even if they attend different schools within the district. Eliminate the need for your students to take money to school.
• Control: Set low balance alerts, view account activity, recurring/automatic payments & more!
• Flexibility: Make payments using credit/debit cards and electronic checks.
• Security: MySchoolBucks adheres to the highest security standards, including PCI and CISP.

To Enroll:

1. Go to www.MySchoolBucks.com and register for a free account.
2. You will receive a confirmation email with a link to activate your account.
3. Add your student(s) using:
   • School District: Diocese of Baton Rouge Child Nutrition Program
   • School Name: The Diocesan School Your Child Attends
   • Student Info: Name, Date-of-Birth and/or Student ID # (Optional)
4. Make a payment to your students’ accounts with your credit/debit card or electronic check.
   • A program fee of $2.49 will apply.
   • You will have the opportunity to review payment/ fees and cancel if you choose, before you are charged.

If you have any questions, contact MySchoolBucks directly:

    parentsupport@myschoolbucks.com
    1-855-832-5226
    Visit myschoolbucks.com and click on Help/FAQ’s

The Child Nutrition Program will continue the Afterschool Meals (Supper) Program at participating schools.

The Afterschool Meals (Supper) Program is a component of the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) that offers Federal funding to afterschool programs that serve a meal or snack to children through the age of 18.

In order to qualify, the program must provide educational or enrichment activities in an organized, structured, and supervised environment. Although there are no specific requirements for the types of educational and enrichment activities that a program can offer, examples include, but are not limited to, arts and crafts, homework assistance, life skills, remedial education, organized fitness activities, etc.

All programs that participate in the afterschool supper program must report the total number of meals and snacks served to eligible children based on daily attendance rosters or sign-in sheets. These records must be kept for three years.

View Information PDF

If your child participates daily or brings a bag lunch, he/she may purchase individual servings (Extra Sales) instead of, or in addition to, the meal offered as part of the National School Lunch Program as long as your child has money in his/her meal account.

All students can purchase the following Extra Sales items:

• an extra entrée
• extra salad
• extra vegetables
• extra fruit
• extra roll
• extra milk
• ice cream
• cookies
• fruit juice, bottled water, etc.

Additional information regarding the Extra Sales program:

• Students cannot charge Extra Sale items.
• Additional money will need to be deposited into your child’s account (this includes students that were approved for free or reduced meals).
• Students will be allowed to purchase Extra Sale items unless the parent submits the Extra Sales NON-PARTICIPATION FORM stating that they do not want their child/children to purchase Extra Sales. This form must be submitted to the café manager at your child’s school by the 2nd week of August.

Please feel free to contact your café manager if you need any additional information.

To better serve our students with special diet needs, all dietary orders will need to be renewed EACH SCHOOL YEAR. Dietary requests will be valid only for the school year in which they are written and will expire at the end of the school year. Current dietary requests will expire on the last day of school of this current school year.

If you have not submitted a form for this school year, please submit a form to your Café Manager and school nurse on a current Louisiana Special dietary order form. As with new dietary requests, signature from a physician or other recognized medical authority is required.

Download Food Allergy Form

A student’s meal account money will be automatically carried over to the next school year. However, parents/guardians should submit a Refund Request at the end of the current school year if any of the following situations occur:

1. The student is graduating from the 8th or 12th grade and is not returning to a Diocesan school OR
2. The student is no longer enrolled at a Diocesan school.

Refund Requests will be accepted during the current school year for the following reasons only:

1. The student's meal status has changed OR
2. The student is no longer enrolled at a Diocesan school.

If any of the above apply to your child(ren), please complete the 2020-2021 Request for Refund of Meal Money Form and email it to cnp@diobr.org.

2020-2021 Refund Request Form

Refunds will be made by check only and will be mailed to the address indicated on the Refund Request form. No credit / debit cards will be credited. Convenience fees charged for making online payments and NSF fees are non-refundable.

Please allow 30 days for your request to be processed from the date it is received in the Child Nutrition Program's Central Office.
All End-of-Year refunds will be processed in June.

NOTE: If you are trying to request a refund for the 2019-2020 school year, please download, fill out, and submit it to the CNP office as soon as possible.

2019-20 Refund Request Form