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Our Staples-Motley School District kitchens produce over 20,000 nutritious meals per month throughout the school year.

We follow MDE’s recommendations for school breakfast and lunch patterns to make sure our students are getting nutritious meals. School meals’ balanced nutrition throughout the day contributes to student success in and out of the classroom. New research shows children are getting their healthiest meals at school. Studies have demonstrated that school meal programs play an important role in supporting obesity prevention, overall student health and academic achievement by improving children’s diets and combatting hunger. (source: schoolnutrition.org)

 

2026SummerFoodsFlyer (PDF)

 

If you have any questions regarding Food Service, please contact our Director of Nutritional Services, Wade Vangsness. 

Wade Vangsness
218-894-5400 or email
 

Please check out and discuss with your children the School Breakfast and School Lunch Meal Patterns.

  • We use these strict guidelines to build the menus for the students.
  • We offer our students the required servings from the meal patterns instead of us forcing them to take things they will not eat.

For breakfast, students must take at least 3 items (one must be a fruit) to qualify as a reimbursable meal by state and federal guidelines. At lunch, students must take items that qualify in at least 3 of the 5 categories for the meal to be reimbursable. If students are not selecting the minimum requirements at
meal times, they can be charged for the price of the items.

If a student decides they are not going to eat something they have selected, we have a “share tray” for unopened items where students looking for more can go to consume items that others did not want.

A purple and yellow chart outlines the USDA School Breakfast Program Meal Pattern, detailing requirements for grains, fruits, vegetables, milk, and nutrient standards.
A colorful infographic detailing the National School Lunch Program meal pattern is presented against a dark blue background, with each section of the pattern clearly delineated by colored borders.

Staples-Motley Schools ISD # 2170
2026-2027 Fee Schedule

School Meal Prices

Breakfast:
Students Pre K – 12 FREE
Students Second Breakfast - $3.10
Adult Breakfast $3.10

Lunch:
Students Pre K – 12 FREE
Students Second Lunch - $5.05
Adults (with milk) $5.05
Milk per half pint, purchased individually $ .75
Children in the foreground line up at a cafeteria serving counter where staff in red shirts are dishing out food, with a wall decorated with colorful drawings in the background.