The Gates Chili Central School District believes one of the most important ways we can help our children perform better in their classrooms is to provide them with the nutrition necessary for the healthy growth of their minds and bodies. Gates Chili participates in the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program. All Gates Chili students can receive breakfast and lunch every school day at no charge. This applies to all Gates Chili schools, Imagination Childcare Academy and the following BOCES program locations: Ridgecrest Academy, Westside Academy and Westview Exceptional Children. These meals are free for students thanks to the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP).

Free & Reduced Meals

While families do not have to complete any forms for their student(s) to receive free meals at school, the Income Eligibility Form, formerly known as the Free and Reduced Meal Application, is tied to other important benefits for students. These include fee waivers for advanced placement exams, dual-credit tuition assistance, state funding and more. State funding helps offset costs that keep local taxes reasonable while providing great programs and services for our students. Historically, this application has also been tied to P-EBT benefits. Those forms are available at gateschili.org/FreeReducedApp or in the district’s school nutrition office at Gates Chili Middle School, 2 Spartan Way, Rochester, NY 14624. Applications are accepted throughout the school year. Please submit forms as soon as possible for processing.

Menus

For menus, please access the breakfast and lunch menus by clicking here or through the district’s mobile app.

Meal Purchasing

Although breakfast and lunch are provided at no cost to families for all students, Gates Chili uses MySchoolBucks for school meals and other payments. Families can add funds for school meals to their student’s accounts that can be used to purchase individual items from the cafeteria, such as drinks, snacks, ice cream etc.

Families are offered the convenience of prepaying for School Meal purchases; a check may be given to the School Nutrition Manager at the Middle School or mailed to Gates Chili School Nutrition Services, 2 Spartan Way, Rochester, NY 14624 (Make Checks payable to Gates Chili School Nutrition.)

If paying with cash at the cash register, please note we do not give back change. Any change from a purchase will go onto the student’s meal account.

If you have any questions or concerns, you may contact the School Nutrition Office at 585.247.5050 or e-mail at: jmphillips@gateschili.org