Cafeteria
Welcome to the Gator Cafe'
cAFETERIA MEAL PRICES & INFORMATION
Please Note: Due to supply chain issues, breakfast & lunch menus are subject to change.
Gator Cafe' Manager
If you have questions about the Lake Windward cafeteria, please contact the cafeteria manager.
Ms. Manali Desai
Lake Windward Elemetary School Nutrition Manager
desaim@fultonschools.org
470-254-6998
Meal Payment Information
The school participates in the school lunch and breakfast programs. Parents may prepay for meals or food/beverage items up to one full school year through our prepaid meal system.
You can visit My School Bucks to make prepayments to your child’s account.
For payments made at school, cafeteria cashiers may not check student accounts or take payments during daily serving hours.
This service is available from 7:40am–10:10am and 1:15 pm– 2:00 p.m.
Your cooperation is greatly appreciated.
Parent/Visitor Dining
After completion of the first four weeks of school, parents and visitors are welcome to join their students for lunch in the cafeteria during their students’ regularly scheduled lunchtime on Mondays and Fridays.
The following guidelines should be observed:
1. Please sign in at the kiosk at the front office, print a visitor badge, and then proceed to the cafeteria to meet your child. When the lunch period is over, say good-bye in the cafeteria and proceed to the front office to sign out. As instructional time continues as soon as students return from lunch, please do not accompany your child to the classroom.
2. Due to safety concerns, all strollers must be left in the hall outside the cafeteria.
3. Please be very quiet as you wait in the cafeteria hall as class instruction is ongoing in adjacent classrooms.
4. As there are many students who have a variety of allergies, please do not share any food with anyone other than your own child.
5. Please do not buy any food or drinks for children other than your own.
6. All shared treats (e.g., cafeteria-purchased ice cream for the class for a student’s birthday) must be approved by the classroom teacher who is aware of all students’ health concerns.
7. We support our school nutrition program and thereby discourage all outside vendor food being brought in during lunchtime.
8. Please be mindful that lunchtime is not an appropriate time to talk with the teacher about a child’s progress.
Free & Reduced Price Meal Information
Families meeting specific income requirements may be eligible for Free and Reduced-Price Meals and can apply for this program through applications available online or at school. Households should complete one application listing all household members and identifying students who attend Fulton County Schools (FCS).
- Parents/guardians must complete one application per household indicating the school attended for each student
- The application should be returned to the school cafeteria manager of the youngest student
- New students to FCS will pay for meals until the household application is approved
- Returning FCS students will maintain last year’s meal status until the application is approved
- The approval process will be completed within 10 days
Additional Information
We ask that parents NOT bring fast food for students to eat in the cafeteria. Many children enrolled in school have potentially life-threatening food allergies.
Teachers emphasize to students that sharing food is not allowed. Students may not eat food from outside vendors nor drink carbonated beverages in the cafeteria. If your child is going to miss his/her lunchtime due to doctor appointments, etc., please plan accordingly.
