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UPCOMING NEWS

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2024-2025 Media Release

Escondido Union School District will continue to operate in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) program under the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, and/or Afterschool Snack Program for the 2024 – 2025 School Year at all school sites. Effective July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025, all students attending school on campus at an Escondido Union School District Elementary or Middle School are eligible to receive a nutritious breakfast and lunch at no charge.

Click here to view 2024-2025 Media Release (accessible PDF)

NOTICE TO BENEFICIARIES AND PROSPECTIVE BENEFICIARIES

Because these programs are supported in whole or in part by financial assistance from the Federal Government, we are required to inform of the following beneficiaries and prospective beneficiaries.

Click here to view Notice to beneficiaries and prospective beneficiaries. (PDF)

Nutrition Services Bid

Escondido Union School District Nutrition Services frozen, commodity processed, refrigerated, dry, and snack foods bid. The bid can also be found on the Escondido Unions School district Purchasing website

Please click here to view PDF Request for Proposal (RFP) No. NS 24-25 (PDF).

Allergy Alert

Does your child have a food allergy?

We want to ensure your student eats with us safely; please let us know if your student has an allergy. For more information, please check out our meal accommodation page.

Join our team

Reasons to join our team!

  • Conveniently located.

  • Work hours correspond with school day.

  • Weekends, Holidays and Summers off to spend with family.

  • Job satisfaction of working with children.

  • Great working conditions.

  • Supportive, friendly work environment.

  • A chance to make a difference in a child's life.

For more information, check out our open positions at EdJoin.org.

Join the EUSD school lunch hero team today!

School Food Handler Information

Food safety and sanitation are critical, ongoing processes that require strict procedures and training. This is why we value our partnership with SchoolFoodHandler.com and the training they provide to our staff. School Food Handler is the leading provider in online education for school nutrition professionals. Our affiliation with them helps us maintain the upmost excellence in safety, sanitation and nutrition services.

In 2015 the USDA mandated on going education for all school nutrition professionals through a mandate called Professional Standards. Professional Standards is a program that was implemented in order to insure all staff who are serving food to our nations youth are appropriately trained to do so.

Every 3 years in most states, the Department of Education reviews each school nutrition department in the country. During that review, our professional standards training records must be provided and justified. School Food Handler not only provides the best in on going education but also tracks our staffs progress and supplies us with reports that satisfy all state department request.