Nutrition, Wellness & Healthy Living

About School Meals

Quick Facts About NEISD's School Nutrition Department

Our Mission Statement: School Nutrition Services recognizes the strong relationship between nutrition and learning. To support this relationship, School Nutrition Services seeks to provide nutritious meals that are made from quality products and are acceptable to students.
NEISD serves over 12,000 breakfasts, 36,000 lunches, and almost 1,300 after school snacks every day. This adds up to around 6.4 million lunches and 2.1 million breakfast meals per year!
Our breakfasts and lunches meet 1/4 and 1/3 RDA, respectively, for calories, protein, vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium, and iron.
We have 675 hard-working and skilled employees who prepare, bake, and cook the meals at each of our 68 campuses daily.
Employees receive ongoing training on HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) food safety procedures.
School Nutrition Services has three Registered Dietitians who plan and analyze menus, train staff, ensure meal program compliance, oversee the Child Nutrition Program and promote good nutrition among students, staff, and community members.

Fun Food Friday Samples - Check out pictures from our monthly samplings and learn more about the featured food (browse to page)

School Nutrition Services Recognition

Ways to Get Involved

Are you a member of your school's PTA? Join the PTA Lunchroom Committee and attend meetings to learn updates to our meals, menu offerings, and department. Contact PTA Lunchroom Committee Chairman at lunchroom@necouncilpta.com for more information.

Helpful Links

Sustainability & Local Food

School Nutrition Services Recycling (pdf) Read about our recycling efforts in the kitchens and cafeterias

Local and Texas-Based Food Companies - A list of San Antonio and Texas-based food companies and the products we buy (coming soon)

Our Home-Made Items(pdf) - A list of menu items that we prepare from scratch in each campus kitchen. See how our homemade whole wheat rolls are made.

Local Foods and Other Resources

PTA Lunchroom Committee

Each local PTA may have a representative for the PTA Lunchroom Committee, if you are interested in being a part of this committee, please contact your school’s PTA President or PTA Lunchroom Committee Chairman at lunchroom@necouncilpta.com for more information. The PTA Lunchroom representative attends four meetings per year to learn about the school meal program. Members provide community input as well as share personal evaluation of the meal program for their campus.

PTA Lunchroom Report Form