Operations & Support Services: Nutrition Services
Overview
The Nutrition Services Department cultivates a climate of healthy lifelong nutritional habits, supporting students, staff and administrators with reliable information, providing quality meals and responsive services, enhancing nutrition education and encouraging teamwork throughout Lawrence Public Schools.
The LPS Nutrition Service Department is funded by the revenue from meals purchased by students and staff, and is supplemented by funding from state and federal reimbursements based on the number of meals served for breakfast, lunch and snacks. These are external funds, which are maintained in a revolving fund and are not included in net school spending.
This self-sufficient operation supports principals with the daily operation of the meals program in their individual schools. Responsibilities include:
- Menu development, distributing vendor orders, school deliveries and operating satellite programs
- Developing and implementing staff development, recommendations regarding staffing issues, arranging for substitute coverage and maintaining kitchen equipment.
- Linking nutrition education with food services
- All financial aspects of operating the department including workmen’s compensation, health insurance cost, and retirement benefits.
- Sustaining and submitting required state reports to the DESE, approving and preserving records of all students’ free and reduced applications (currently 83.9% of enrolled students are eligible).
- Collecting, analyzing, and distributing Nutrition Service Department data within the district for the school administration to create an informed decision process.
On this Page:
- District Wellness Policy
- District Nutrition Service Statistics
- Lunch Payment Information
- Nutrition Service Contacts
- Lunch Menus
- Nutrition Service Resources
District Wellness Policy
The Lawrence School Committee supports lifelong healthy eating habits and positive physical activity for all students and staff in the Lawrence Public Schools, and recognizes the important relationship between wellness and academic success. The following Wellness Policy addresses the District’s comprehensive approach to promote healthy lifestyles and appropriate nutritional practices for all students.
District Nutrition Service Statistics
Average Daily Participation (ADP)
- Breakfast Program – 3,471
- Lunch Program – 9,371
- Afterschool Snack Program – 829
Summer Meals Program (FY 06 figures)
- Daily Breakfast Participation – 697
- Daily Lunch Participation – 2418
- Snack - 168
Low Income Data
83.9% of Lawrence Public Schools’ students are eligible for free or reduced meal as determined by Oct 1, 2007, school data.
Lunch Payment Information
Meal prices:
- Breakfast: free of charge
- Elementary lunch: $.75
- High school lunch: $1.25
Students may pay daily, weekly or monthly. Prepayments should be submitted to the Nutrition Service Office at the student’s school or at the High School Campus Nutrition Services Office.
Students may be eligible for free or reduced-price lunches. Yearly applications for reduced-price meals may be obtained at and submitted to any school or at the Nutrition Services office. Parent/guardian will be notified of students’ eligibility status.
Nutrition Service Contacts
| Anne Marie Stronach Director astronach@lawrence.k12.ma.us 978-722-8448 Office 978-722-8509 Fax |
Gary Watts Assistant Director gwatts@lawrence.k12.ma.us 978-722-8433 |
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Carol McManus cmcmanus@lawrence.k12.ma.us 978-722-8434 |
Judy Winslow jwinslow@lawrence.k12.ma.us 978-722-8453 |
| Lead Food Service Staff | |
| Arlington Amarilis Rivera arivera@lawrence.k12.ma.us 978-975-5386, ext. 33024 |
Breen Huguette Sfeir hsfeir@lawrence.k12.ma.us 978-975-5932, ext. 13013 |
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Bruce Diana Fuller dfuller@lawrence.k12.ma.us 978-722-8351 |
Rollins Eleonor Larocque elarocque@lawrence.k12.ma.us 978-722-8190 |
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Frost Susan Martin smartin@lawrence.k12.ma.us 978-975-5941, ext. 38024 |
Guillmette Corinne Yates cyates@lawrence.k12.ma.us 978-686-8810, ext. 27016 |
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Hennessey Diane DiFruscia ddifruscia@lawrence.k12.ma.us 978-975-5950 |
Lawlor Saidi Chakar schakar@lawrence.k12.ma.us 978-975-5956 |
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Lawrence High School Rosemary Marte rmarte@lawrence.k12.ma.us 978-722-8455 |
Leahy Eleanor Darrach edarrach@lawrence.k12.ma.us 978-975-5959 |
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Leonard Theresa Fitzsimmons tfitzsimmons@lawrence.k12.ma.us 978-975-5962, ext. 18 |
High School Learning Center Roberta Sedgwick rsedgwick@lawrence.k12.ma.us 978-975-5966 |
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SES / Oliver Barbara Wilson bwilson@lawrence.k12.ma.us 978-975-5971, ext. 12781 |
South Lawrence East Yanira Rivera yrivera@lawrence.k12.ma.us 978-975-5970, ext. 21118 |
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Tarbox Libertad Gomez lgomez@lawrence.k12.ma.us 978-975-5983 |
Wetherbee Linda Cerullo lcerullo@lawrence.k12.ma.us 978-722-8246 |
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St. Mary's Brenda Williams 978-685-2091 |
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Lunch Menus
Nutrition Service Resources
The following resources have been provided to help community members learn more about wellness, nutrition, food safety and food quality.
- 2011 Food Stamp Flyer Posted
- WIC Program Information
- Nutrition Home Page - Mass DOE
- Mass DOE Child Nutrition Outreach Program / Project Bread
- US Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- Food Safety and Inspection Service
- School Nutrition Association of Mass
- John C. Stalker Institute of Food and Nutrition
- UMass Extension Nutrition Education Program
Each of the 147 classrooms on the high school campus features at least four computers with access to online instruction materials that can be used individually or integrated into classroom lessons using installed projectors and large flat screen monitors.