Food Services

Summer Meal Information

SUMMER MEALS available through Tucson Unified School District (TUSD). Please visit the TUSD website for the schools open for the summer meals, https://meals.tusd1.org/index.php?sid=1687462787839

The SUN Bucks – Summer EBT 2025 Application is available and can be accessed in the SUN Bucks Eligibility Screener, https://www.azed.gov/SUNBucks

  • Arizona Department of Education Health and Nutrition Services has made this screening tool to help avoid unnecessary efforts for households.

  • Many households are automatically eligible, and this tool ensures they do not complete a 2025 SUN Bucks Household Application when it is not required.

  • For those deemed necessary to complete a 2025 SUN Bucks Household Application, the link to the application will be made available within the screener.

  • To access both the English and Spanish versions of the SUN Bucks Screener Tool, please visit the Parents and Families SUN Bucks website under the accordion "How do I apply for SUN Bucks?".

School Menus

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ACES - ACES School Menus

TVES - TVES School Menus

EGJH - Emily Gray School Menus

TVHS - TVHS School Menus

Tips for Navigating the School Menus:

Phone Access -  Menus will only show a "daily" view from your phone. At this time, there is no option to view the weekly or monthly layouts, unless you select print.

Computer Access - Menus will show in daily, weekly and monthly layouts. If you are in the monthly view, you can scroll down to see all of the days of the month.

Food Allergies and Special Dietary Needs

If your student needs alternate food choices for breakfast and lunch, all dietary needs will be accommodated at the request of the family.

 Please contact your food services manager directly to make these arrangements.

 ACES - Jamie Rutledge, Email Jamie Rutledge

TVES - Reyna Lopes, Email Reyna Lopes

EGJH - Sarah Cooper-Frazier   scooperfrazier@tanq.org

TVHS - Carly McCauley, Email Carly McCauley

Lunch Payments

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Parents are welcome to deposit funds for their children's lunch accounts at their school cafeteria, if they don't want to use MySchoolBucks to deposit funds.

Notice to all Free and Reduced Meal Applicants for the 2024-25 SY

If your student qualifies for reduced meals or free meals, the 1st meal at breakfast and the 1st meal at lunch will be at no charge.

 Any 2nd meal will be charged at full price.

You must still fill out the meal application form to qualify. You can still add funds to lunch accounts.  The first meal is always free but if a second meal is desired, the second meal is full price for all students.

Tanque Verde USD

offers healthy meals every school day

Breakfast costs: $1.50

Lunch costs:

  • $3.05 at the Elementary Schools

  • $3.25 at the Junior High and High School

Free and Reduced Lunch

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Free language assistance, auxiliary aids, and/or accommodations are available upon request.

For more information, please contact Renvie Castro 520-749-5751 or Email Renvie Castro.

Contact Us

Our Staff
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Our Mission

To feed TVUSD kids — and advance the quality and appeal of meals served at school - so all students are ready to learn.

Our Vision

TVUSD students choose to eat school meals because:

  • Our food consistently tastes good and looks good

  • Our customer service is warm and caring

  • We have earned the trust of our students, families, and the community

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Congratulations, Food Services Department!

Pima County Health Department’s Consumer Health and Food Safety Division “Ready for You” Certification was awarded to the TVUSD Food Services Department and the awesome Food Services Teams at our four schools for achieving the Pima County Health Department’s Consumer Health and Food Safety Division's "Ready for You" Best Practices Certification for their work! 

  • Mary Johnston, Food Services Lead Manager

  • Jamie Rutledge, Manager & ACES Food Services Team

  • Reyna Lopez, Manager & TVES Food Services Team

  • Sarah Cooper-Frazier, Manager & EGJH Food Services Team

  • Carly McCauley, Manager & TVHS Food Services Team

These TVUSD staff members are working hard to ensure they follow appropriate safety measures in preparing and delivering healthy meals to our students, families and staff members. When you see the “Ready for You” emblem it means that business is complying with the minimum COVID-19 safety guidelines required by the Pima County Health Department.

Congratulations, TVUSD Food Services! 

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A colorful buffet display featuring an assortment of fresh fruits and vegetables arranged attractively on a table.

USDA Nondiscrimination Statement 

In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity (including gender expression), sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity, in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA (not all bases apply to all programs). Remedies and complaint filing deadlines vary by program or incident.

Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.) should contact the responsible Agency or USDA's TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.

To file a program discrimination complaint, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, AD-3027, found online at How to File a Program Discrimination Complaint and at any USDA office or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by: (1) mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; (2) fax: (202) 690-7442; or (3) email: program.intake@usda.gov.

USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.