MRPS Nutrition Services

All school meals are free for all Vermont students!

     Every item available in our cafeterias can be included in a full meal with no charge for any student!

Children need healthy meals to learn. Montpelier Public Schools offers healthy, delicious, and locally inspired meals every day. Please click the below access the schools' menus for the month.

Please also scroll down this page for information about free and reduced meals, nutrition and Smart Snacks, and to add money to your child's MySchoolBucks account.

If you have other questions or need help, please contact Jim Birmingham, CEC - School Nutrition Director, at 802-225-8016 or JamesBirmingham@mpsvt.org.

School Menus & Contacts

Marion Nelson

Food Service Coordinator

802-485-1457

MarionNelson@mpsvt.org

Nancy Webb

Kitchen Manager

802-225-8224

NancyW@mpsvt.org

Charles McGlynn

Kitchen Manager

802-225-8669

CharlesMcGlynn@mpsvt.org

Tony Bushway

Kitchen Manager

802-225-8017

TonyBushway@mpsvt.org

Free and Reduced Price Meals

Even though all meals are free to all Vermont students this year, MRPS requests that you fill out a Free and Reduced Price Meals Application so that the district may get more money from the federal government for free school meals and other school programs now and in the future.

If you’re able, please complete the digital application linked above. If you’re unable to complete the application digitally, please complete a paper application and return it via:

  1. email: jamesbirmingham@mpsvt.org

  2. mail:

    • Montpelier Roxbury Public Schools 

    • Attn: James Birmingham

    • 5 High School Drive, Unit 1

    • Montpelier, VT 05602

  3. or send in your application to school with your student

Nutrition Information

We are focused on the health of our school environment. Our school district has established nutrition standards for all snacks sold in school by any entity, including parent/student organizations, teachers, boosters, fundraisers, or the food services department. These standards for snack sales are in effect from any time before school through 1/2 hour after school, in accordance with the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, the USDA and our district Wellness Policy. These standards carefully balance science-based nutrition guidelines with practical and flexible solutions to promote healthier eating on campus.

If you have other questions or need help, call 802-225-8016 or e-mail jamesbirmingham@mpsvt.org

  • Healthy snacks that add nutrients, like vitamins and minerals, are essential. Smart Snacking helps kids get the calories (energy) they need to meet daily nutrition requirements.

    Is Your Snack a Smart Snack? Use the Smart Snacks Product Calculator, developed by the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, to take the guesswork out of nutrition guidelines! Simply enter the product information, answer a few questions, and determine whether your snack, side or entree item meets the new USDA Smart Snacks in School Guidelines.

  • Any food sold in schools must:

    • Be a “whole grain-rich” grain product; or

    • Have as the first ingredient a fruit, a vegetable, a dairy product, or a protein food; or

    • Be a combination food that contains at least ¼ cup of fruit and/or vegetable; or

    • Contain 10% of the Daily Value (DV) of one of the nutrients of public health concern in the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (calcium, potassium, vitamin D, or dietary fiber).*

    Foods must also meet several nutrient requirements:

    • Calorie limits:

      • Snack items: ≤ 200 calories

      • Entrée items: ≤ 350 calories

    • Sodium limits:

      • Snack items: ≤ 230 mg**

      • Entrée items: ≤ 480 mg

    • Fat limits:

      • Total fat: ≤35% of calories

      • Saturated fat: < 10% of calories

      • Trans fat: zero grams

    • Sugar limit:

      • ≤ 35% of weight from total sugars in foods

    Accompaniments

    • Accompaniments such as cream cheese, salad dressing and butter must be included in the nutrient profile as part of the food item sold.

    • This helps control the amount of calories, fat, sugar and sodium added to foods by accompaniments, which can be significant.

    *On July 1, 2016, foods may not qualify using the 10% DV criteria.

    **On July 1, 2016, snack items must contain ≤ 200 mg sodium per item

  • All schools may sell:

    • Plain water (with or without carbonation)

    • Unflavored low fat milk

    • Unflavored or flavored fat free milk and milk alternatives permitted by NSLP/SBP

    • 100% fruit or vegetable juice and

    • 100% fruit or vegetable juice diluted with water (with or without carbonation), and no added sweeteners.

    Elementary schools may sell up to 8-ounce portions, while middle schools and high schools may sell up to 12-ounce portions of milk and juice. There is no portion size limit for plain water.

    Beyond this, the standards allow additional “no calorie” and “lower calorie” beverage options for high school students.

    • No more than 20-ounce portions of calorie-free, flavored water (with or without carbonation); and other flavored and/or carbonated beverages that are labeled to contain < 5 calories per 8 fluid ounces or ≤ 10 calories per 20 fluid ounces.

    • No more than 12-ounce portions of beverages with ≤ 40 calories per 8 fluid ounces, or ≤ 60 calories per 12 fluid ounces.

    • The sale of food items that meet nutrition requirements at fundraisers are not limited in any way under the standards.

    • The standards do not apply during non-school hours, on weekends and at off-campus fundraising events.

    • The standards provide a special exemption for infrequent fundraisers that do not meet the nutrition standards. Vermont does not offer any exemptions.

MySchoolBucks Account

Please review the Meal Charge Procedure for Montpelier Roxbury Public Schools. Payments to student accounts are made by sending a check to the school, online payments to student accounts through Myschoolbucks.com, and cash.

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 a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ad-3027.pdf, 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:

  1. mail:
    U.S. Department of Agriculture
    Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
    1400 Independence Avenue, SW
    Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or

  2. fax:
    (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or

  3. email:
    Program.Intake@usda.gov

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.