The OHM BOCES School Food Service team operates school meal programs in each building. We are pleased to announce that in the 2024-2025 School Year, we will be operating under the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) -- meaning all meals are FREE to all students!

The OHM BOCES strives to provide students with tasty, nutritious, fresh, foods that appeal to students and the school community. We have continually exceeded federal and state guidelines for all required nutrients and increased our fresh fruit and vegetable offerings. Farm-to-school items and programming are improving our students’ connections to fresh food and resources. The menu balances student preferences, commodity foods and locally sourced foods that are fresh and fun, and encourages students to explore new flavors and preparations.

Each student has their own meal account with an assigned PIN. Please be sure to help your children learn their numbers; especially if they are new participants. You can also use this account to make payments for a la carte items; checks made out to OHM BOCES Food Service, or online prepayments (ezschoolpay.com) are preferable, though cash in a labeled envelope is also an option.

Because we are operating under CEP again this year, families do not need to fill out Free/Reduced meal applications. However, it is helpful to your school if you complete the income collection form available at ezmealapp.com. PDFs and hard copies are also available. Eligible families may qualify for benefits such as waived test fees.

While complete meals are FREE, single items like milk will still be charged to student accounts. Milk this year will be $0.75. Other a la carte items such as frozen yogurt, baked chips, and whole grain cookies will be available for purchase most days in the school cafeterias. Prices on those items range from $0.75-$3.00. There is no charging of a la carte items; meaning students must have a positive account balance, or cash in hand in order to purchase.

Please sign up for an ezschoolpay.com account! This is an excellent way to monitor your children’s meals and a la carte purchases. These accounts are free to set up and use; you can even set up email reminders for when a balance gets low! If you choose to use them for prepayment, a small fee is incurred with each transaction.

Please don’t hesitate to contact us!

Breakfast Program

A breakfast program is being offered in the Cafeteria each morning, between the hours of 7:30 - 7:50 a.m. All students eating breakfast will remain in the cafeteria until dismissed.

Lunch Period

Lunch is meant to be a relaxing, social, and enjoyable time for students.  To ensure that this is possible, the following points will be observed by every student who
exercises the privilege of using the cafeteria and its services at Remsen Central School:

• Students will be excused for lunch according to their class schedule.
• All students are to proceed purposefully, quietly and in an orderly fashion to the cafeteria.
• It is expected that all students will be orderly while standing in the cafeteria line. “Cutting” ahead of other students in line is not tolerated.
• Students discovered stealing cafeteria will be subject to the appropriate school and legal penalties.
• Students who violate the rules of the cafeteria may be assigned a suspension from the cafeteria by the Principal or his/her designee, if necessary.  While a student is suspended from the cafeteria, he/she will eat lunch in the office or another designated room – appropriately assigned to a study hall for the remainder of the period.
• All students will be respectful of the staff and facilities when disposing of lunch refuse.  Students will take their lunch trays to the return window and dispose of their refuse in the appropriate containers when they are finished eating.
• Students will push their chairs in when leaving the cafeteria.
• Students wishing to meet with a specific teacher, utilize the library, etc. will obtain a pre-signed pass. This pass must be given to the cafeteria supervisor before you will be permitted to leave the cafeteria area.