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Forest Municipal School District 325 Cleveland Street Forest, MS 39074

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The Forest Municipal School District Wellness Policy

The Forest Municipal School District on May 8, 2006, adopted The Local School Wellness Policy. This policy is to help combat childhood obesity and improve children’s health. The Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004 (PL #108-265) requires each local educational agency that receives funding for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Child Nutrition Programs to establish a local school wellness policy by the beginning of 2006-2007 school year.

With this new requirement, the U.S. Congress recognizes that schools play a critical role in creating a healthy environment for the prevention of childhood obesity and for combating problems, like Type 2 diabetes, that are associated with poor nutrition and physical inactivity. This law places the responsibility of developing a school wellness policy at the local level, so the individual needs of each school can be addressed most effectively.

General Rules for Child Nutrition Forest Municipal School District
1	New students are expected to pay full price the first day of school. (Even transfer students from another district who ate free)
2	Students who were paying at the end of the school year are expected to pay the first day of school.
3	Elementary students will be given envelopes each Friday for payment on Monday. A participation report for your child will also be sent home with the envelope. Full paying prices are: $1.25 for breakfast ($6.25 for the week) and $2.00 for lunch ($10.00 for the week). Reduced prices are: $.30 for breakfast ($1.50 for the week) and $.40 for lunch ($2.00 for the week).
4	Students who ate free or reduced at the end of the school year will continue to eat on that status for a short time, but a new application must be submitted as quickly as possible.
5	No commercial packages are allowed in the cafeteria. (Examples: McDonalds, Subway, KFC, Wendy’s, etc.)
6	No canned or bottled sodas are allowed in the cafeteria.
7	Elementary students will be given a fruit and veggie tray if their charges have exceeded $10.00 until that balance has been paid in full.
8	No charges are allowed in middle school and high school.
9	Parents, please tell your child whether you are paying for them to eat breakfast.
The Forest Municipal School District has adopted a Wellness Policy with commitments to nutrition, physical activity, comprehensive health education, marketing, and implementation. This policy is designed to effectively utilize school and community resources and to equitably serve the needs and interests of all students and staff, taking into consideration differences in culture. As parents, please work with us in seeing that your child chooses nutritious foods at home. It is also important that children are involved in activities that promote physical well being.
Approved by Forest Municipal School Board of Education- June 19, 2006 Revised May 9, 2011