Free Meals for All Suffern Students

  • Suffern Central School District is pleased to provide FREE breakfast and lunch for all enrolled students in our District, through the federal Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) program. 

    • This program allows for only one meal per breakfast and one meal for lunch per student per day.
    • Specialty and a la carte items are not included in this program but are still available for purchase.
    • Students will still need to input their four or five-digit code when receiving their meals.
    • Parents who use the MySchoolBucks program to pay for meals and food items should take this time to review their accounts and adjust accordingly.
    • Students are entitled to 1 free breakfast & 1 free lunch per day*
    • Second meals and a la carte items are ONLY available if purchased.
    • *Free does not mean unlimited; whether it’s food, milk, juice or condiments. Students who choose not to receive a full meal must pay for their milk, juice or condiments. If a student chooses to add to their home lunch, they must take a full serving of fruit and/or vegetable, then choose 2 other components to qualify to receive the free meal.‘
    • Students must have money in their account and not owe a balance to buy additional food. * NO EXCEPTIONS *
    • Free meals must meet state guidelines and consist of 3 out of 5 required components: milk, fruit, vegetables, grain and protein
    • To qualify as a free meal, students must choose three full portions of the five, and one must be a fruit or vegetable.
    • If the required components are not taken, the meal is not free.

    The cost of meals for the 2024-25 School Year is as follows:

    • Breakfast: $1.35 for elementary school / $1.60 for middle/high school
    • Lunch: $2.70 for elementary school / $3.00 for middle/high school

2024-25 School Year Eligibility Forms

Lunch Menus & Balance Information

  • We strongly recommend that you add funds to your student's account before the start of the school year. You can visit MySchoolBucks.com to add funds, check balances, set limits and review your child's purchases. The MySchoolBucks app enables to parents to manage their accounts via iOS and Android mobile devices and links to those apps can be found on the MySchoolBucks website.  Credit card prepayments can be made with MasterCard, Visa or Discover; a $1.95 fee will be charged for each credit card transaction.

    Parents who prefer to pay by check will continue to submit payments directly to their child’s school cafeteria or to the Food Services office in Hillburn. The check amount will automatically be put into the child’s MySchoolBucks account. Non-participating students may continue to pay for their school meals as they have in the past. 

    As a reminder, we do not allow a la carte items to be charged to a negative balance. Those items include snacks, beverages, extra items, incomplete meals, and/or double meals. 

    For inquiries on lunch balances and funds contact: Angela Ruiz at 845-357-7783 x11234