Westerville City Schools Continue to Meet Tough New Nutrition Standards

Westerville City Schools will continue to serve school meals that meet the new federal nutrition standards, ensuring that meals are healthy, well-balanced, and provide students all the nutrition they need to succeed at school.

School meals offer students a variety of milk, fruits, vegetables, proteins, and grains; and they must meet strict limits on saturated fat and portion size, while also meeting the following standards adopted last year.   

• Age appropriate calorie limits;
•  Larger servings of vegetables and fruits (students must take at least one serving of a fruit or a vegetable);
• A wider variety of vegetables, including dark green and red/orange vegetables, and legumes;
• Fat-free or 1% milk (flavored milk must be fat-free);
• More whole grains; and
• Less sodium. 

“We are always working to offer Westerville students healthier and tastier choices,” said Debbie Meissner, Director of Health & Safety Services.  “In addition to meeting new nutrition standards, we are also looking at locally grown foods, healthy new menus, student tastings, and nutrition education.” 

School meals are a great value and a huge convenience for busy families too!   Westerville meal prices are:

For more information or to find out more about Westerville City Schools’ healthy school meals, please visit www.wcsoh.org and click on the food services link.