Students may purchase lunch and milk at all schools in the Tustin Unified School District. Lunch prices remain the same as last year for all schools, according to Nutrition Services Director Teresa Squibb.

The school lunch prices for 2011-12 are $2.50 for elementary students and $2.75 for middle and high school students. All meals include a healthy entree, fresh fruits and vegetables, and milk. An extended a la carte menu for snacks and lunch is offered at the middle and high schools.

Additionally, breakfast is offered at Benson, Beswick, Estock, Guin Foss, Heideman, Lambert, Nelson, Thorman and Veeh elementary schools; Columbus Tustin, Currie, Hewes, Orchard Hills, Pioneer and Utt middle schools; and Beckman, Foothill, Hillview and Tustin high schools.

Parents can prepay for their child’s meals by bringing a check or cash to the school office or creating an account on www.myLunchMoney.com ($1.95 bank fee), an online prepayment service supporting student lunch accounts. Parents can monitor their child’s lunch account through the service for free. Students access their accounts by entering their student number into a pin-pad at school when buying breakfast or lunch.

Free and reduced-price meal applications will be distributed to students as part of the federally-assisted National School Lunch Program. Meal applications, menus and nutritional information are posted on the TUSD Web site at www.tustin.k12.ca.us.

For more information, call the Nutrition Services Dept. at (714) 730-7301, ext. 396.