Aldines Child Nutrition Services Department administers the federal free/reduced meal program. Both breakfast and lunch are available to all students in Aldine ISD.
We encourage all students, free, reduced and paid to join us for breakfast and lunch each day. School meals meet the Dietary Guidelines for Healthy Americans and all national standards in addition to the adopted nutritional requirements of the Texas Department of Agriculture.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announces new income poverty guidelines yearly for local school food service departments to use to determine the eligibility of free/reduced meal applicants.
Children may be eligible for free or reduced price meals without application if they are listed on the Texas Department of Agriculture Direct Certification Program.
Families who are Direct Certified will receive a letter from Aldine ISD Child Nutrition Services Department. This letter tells parents and/or guardians that their children are already approved for meal benefits. Families receiving this letter should not complete a new application.
If any school-age children in a Direct-Certified family are not listed on the letter, you must complete a new application.
All families that were approved for free or reduced price meals at the end of the 2007-2008 school year will receive meal service through early-October. Federal law dictates that everyone receiving free/reduced meals must reapply each year, unless they are Direct Certified.
For those who are not Direct Certified, and feel they will need assistance for the 2008-2009 school year, applications will be available after July 20, 2008 in schools or at the central Child Nutrition Services Department Office, located at 2112 Aldine Meadows, Houston, Texas. Early completion of the application assures families faster, better service in the processing of applications.
