School Services

School Menus

HCPSS students and their families can now view menus and nutrition and allergen information for meals served in all HCPSS schools through Nutrislice, a website and free smartphone app.

This upgrade to school menus benefits school health professionals and parents who can easily access nutritional information and make informed choices for their child’s nutrition.

Download the Nutrislice mobile app for iOS or Android.

Payment

The Howard County Public School System recently transitioned to a new online meal payment system, MySchoolBucks.com. This website allows families to easily manage student accounts and make payments online on personal computers and mobile devices.

Prices

Elementary Student Breakfast

• $2.00 – Breakfast
• $0.30 – Reduced Price Breakfast (Apply for Reduced Price Meals)

Elementary Student Lunch

• $2.75 – Elementary School Lunch
• $0.40 – Reduced Price Lunch (Apply for Reduced Price Meals)
• $0.50 – Milk (1/2 pint)

Meals purchased without a PIN incur an additional charge – $0.30 for breakfast and $0.60 for lunch. View prices for adult meals.

Nutrition

For more information on the HCPSS wellness policy, and information on nutrition and allergens, please visit the Food Services site.

This year, in addition to monitoring student attendance, schools are being asked to collect more information about student illness. As part of the Health Department's tracking of Influenza-like Illness in Howard County, schools are required to report numbers of student illness and symptoms.

If your child is absent from school because of illness, please contact the school on the first day of the absence and provide the following information:

• Your child's name
• The date
• Symptoms of influenza-like illness: i.e. fever greater than 100 degrees, cough, sore throat

Please contact the school Health Room by calling:

• Phone: 410-313-5515