The BEA Food Service Department implemented Nutrient Standard Menu Planning (NSMP) beginning with the 2009-10 school year. NSMP requires that a week's worth of school lunches meet specific nutrient guidelines and it allows flexibility in how those nutrients levels are reached. The only requirement for students is that they take an entrée and one side for their meal. After that, students can take up to one more side dish and a milk, but they are not required to do so.

Another benefit of this form of menu planning is that the nutrient content of all the foods on the menu is readily available. That means the school nurses are able to quickly find the carbohydrate content of what a diabetic student ate and adjust their therapy accordingly.

PARENT RESOURCE GUIDE FOR MY SCHOOL ACCOUNT.COM
MySchoolAccount.com is a service provided to parents that will allow:
Parents to set up an account with a user name and password
Parents to deposit money directly into their student's account
Parents to associate multiple students under one account
Parents to view multiple students at once
Parents to see the last 30 day account history (payments and purchases) and the balance on the account