Lafourche Parish

School District

Location & Office Hours

Child Nutrition Department
617 Church Street
Thibodaux, Louisiana 70301
Phone: (985) 447-3732

Office Hours

7:30 AM - 4:00 PM, Monday - Friday

Summer Hours

7:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Monday - Wednesday
7:00 AM - 4:30 PM, Thursday
Closed Friday

Contact Information

Lauren B. Fletcher
Director
(985) 447-3732
[email protected]

Sandra Wempren
Area Manager
[email protected]

Yvonne Folse
Accountant/Office Manager
[email protected]

Jenny Kramer
Meal Application & Verification Processor
[email protected]

Michelle Delatte
Office Clerk/Receptionist
[email protected]

Joshua Richard
Warehouse Attendant
[email protected]

Announcement

LPSD currently has a Cafeteria No Charge Policy (refer to Policy EE). This policy is for everyone - students, staff and visitors. It is the responsibility of the parent to provide payment in advance for meals or to provide each child with money or a lunch from home.

Meal Prices

CEP Schools

Letter to Households

Forms

Resources

School Cafeteria Manager List
Breakfast Flyer
LaChip Flyer
LaCHIP Flyer Spanish

School Board Policies

Child Nutrition Program Management And Cafeteria Payment Regulations
Student Wellness Promotion

High School Menus

For menus, please refer to each school website. Each cafeteria will have unique menus. If the menu is not posted on the school website, please contact the cafeteria manager.

Middle & Elementary School Menus

For menus, please refer to each school website. Each cafeteria will have unique menus. If the menu is not posted on the school website, please contact the cafeteria manager.

Child Nutrition Web Links

• LogMeIn Rescue
• Eat 5 a Day
• School Gardens
• American Dietetic Association
• American Society for Nutrition
• Dole 5 a Day
• Healthy Choices
• LSU AgCenter
• Pennington Biomedical Research Center
• Sunkist
• The Ultimate Resource on Food and Food Safety
• USDA Child Nutrition - Programs
• USDA Food Groups - My Plate
• USDA Team Nutrition-Home Page
• DODFavors

Mission

Goal Statement

The mission of the Lafourche Parish Public Schools Child Nutrition Department is to provide learning experiences that will improve children's food habits with the ultimate goal of physically fit adults. Other goals are to serve nutritionally adequate, attractive, and moderately priced meals, to help children grow socially and emotionally; and to extend educational influences to the homes of school children. It is the basic belief that the Child Nutrition Program is an integral part of the school program. The program shall provide 1/3 of the child's nutritional needs for lunch and 1/4 of their nutritional needs for breakfast.

Team Nutrition Philosophy

All public schools in Lafourche Parish are Team Nutrition Schools. Team Nutrition Schools have these common values.

• We believe that children should be empowered to make food and physical activity choices that reflect the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

• We believe that good nutrition and physical activity are essential to children's health and educational success.

• We believe that school meals that meet the Dietary Guidelines for Americans should taste good and appeal to children.

• We believe our programs must build upon the best science, education, communication and technical resources available.

• We believe that school, parent and community teamwork is essential to encouraging children to make food and physical activity choices for a healthy lifestyle.

• We believe that messages to children should be age appropriate and delivered in language they speak, through media they use, in ways that are entertaining and actively involve them in learning.

• We believe in focusing on positive messages regarding food and physical activity choices children can make.

• We believe it is critical to stimulate and support education and action at the national, state and local levels to help children develop healthy eating and physical activity behaviors.