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Breakfast Menu

Cafeterias post 'right to know' food allergy alerts

Food allergies can be life-threatening. To minimize the chance of accidental exposure to a food that may trigger an allergic reaction, the district's new food-service provider posts "right to know" information in every school cafeteria. The information -- kept in a binder -- lists ingredients in school food that are common causes of food allergies. They include:

  • Milk and milk products

  • Egg and egg products

  • Peanut and peanut products

  • Tree nut and tree nut products

  • Soy and soy products

  • Fish and fish products

  • Shellfish and shellfish products

The binder does not list manufacturers who also may process allergens (like peanuts) in other products they produce. However, Whitson's requires its manufacturers to have practices in place that minimize the possibility accidental contamination from other products during the manufacturing process.

 

Any student with a severe food allergy should NOT assume that a food is safe to eat and should always ask before eating cafeteria food. That student's parent or guardian should contact the food-service manager to discuss dietary needs and restrictions. Product specifications are subject to change and manufacturers are not required by law to provide updated ingredient declarations to Whitson's.

 

For more information, contact Stephanie Lasher, Whitson's onsite food service director, at 462-7322 or  slasher@albany.k12.ny.us.

 

District offers new fare as of January

Students have a variety of new breakfast and lunch options as of Jan. 4

 

The City School District of Albany has chosen a new food service management group, Whitson's Culinary Group, to provide breakfast and lunch to all schools.

 

Whitson's buys its produce locally whenever it is available. All milk and chicken products it offers are antibiotic- and hormone-free. Also, bread and bread products are 100 percent whole grain and contain no high-fructose corn syrup or hydrogenated oils.

In addition:

  • Menus are subject to change

  • Prepaid meals are encouraged

  • Low-fat, chocolate and unflavored milk is available daily

  • We will offer a turkey equivalent when pork products are served

Breakfast prices are:

  • Elementary -- $2.00

  • Middle and high schools -- $2.25

  • Reduced -- $0.25

For more information, contact Stephanie Lasher, Whitson's onsite food service director, at 462-7322 or slasher@albany.k12.ny.us.

 

March menus

Click here for the breakfast menu for the following schools: Albany High School, Arbor Hill Elementary School, Albany School of Humanities, Giffen Memorial Elementary School, Hackett Middle School and Myers Middle School.

 

Click here for the breakfast menu for these schools: Abrookin Vo-Tech Center, Adult Learning Center, Delaware Community School, Eagle Point Elementary School, Harriet Gibbons High School, Montessori Magnet School, New Scotland Elementary, North Albany Academy, Pine Hills Elementary School, Schuyler Achievement Academy, Sheridan Preparatory Academy and Thomas O'Brien Academy of Science and Technology (TOAST).

 

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