Departments

Child Nutrition Program Mission

As a partner in education, the Guntersville City Schools Child Nutrition Program contributes to a successful academic experience and encourages a lifetime of healthy eating by providing ALL students the opportunity to consume meals that are nutritious, appealing, and served by caring professionals. 

Child Nutrition Program Vision

• Committed to doing our part to protect student instructional time in the classroom.

• Provide students with the opportunity without barriers to meet their daily, nutritional needs for meals consumed at school.

• Committed to advancing diversity, equity, inclusion, and access.

• Provide healthy choices that comply with the Dietary Guidelines.

• Provide training for professional growth.

• Operate a financially sound program.

• Maintain standards of sanitation set by the Health Department.

• Work to improve the effectiveness of food production and service to meet and exceed customer expectations.

• Committed to providing students with locally produced food.

 
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
 

Please visit  https://linqconnect.com/main to quickly and easily apply for free or reduced price meal benefits for the 2025-2026 school year.  Search for Guntersville City Schools and select Meal Application.  This is an annual application process and must be completed before September 17, 2025 to avoid interruption in any previously approved SY24-25 benefits. 

A printable application is also available here. Please return completed and signed form to your child's school main office or mail to P.O. Box 129 Guntersville, AL  35976.

How to Apply for Free Meals

Income Eligibility Guidelines

• Allgergen Statements

• And Justice for All

• Breakfast Outreach

• Civil Rights Compliance & Discrimination Procedure

• USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form

• Dietary Needs Accommodation

• Envision Payment Solutions Letter to Household

• GCBOE Meal Policy

• Public Release 2025-2026

• USDA Nondiscrimination Statement

Alabama State Department of Education Language Access Phone Line: 
334-694-4656

Guntersville City Schools welcomes parent and stakeholder participation in the School Wellness Policy Advisory Committee. Community input is important to our success and we value any comments, suggestions and/or participation. 

Please contact the Wellness Committee Chair Julia Covington by email at juliacovington@gcboe.net or call the District Office at 256-582-3159 ext. 1009 for further information. 

In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation*), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.

Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at:

https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/USDA-OASCR%20P-Complaint-Form-0508-0002-508-11-28-17Fax2Mail.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights
violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:

mail:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or

fax:
(833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or

email:
program.intake@usda.gov

This institution is an equal opportunity provider:
*This language was added pursuant to the May 5, 2022, USDA memorandum. However, the inclusion and applicability of this language is currently under challenge in the matter of The State of Tennessee, et al. v. UDA, et al., Casey No. 3:22-cv-00257, and may be subject to change.