Food Services

The Food Services Department is committed to serving students nutritious meals in a welcoming environment.

School Menus

Breakfast

• Abram Lansing Breakfast
• Harmony Hill Breakfast
• Van Schaick Breakfast
• Middle School Breakfast
• High School Breakfast

Lunch

• Abram Lansing Lunch
• Harmony Hill Lunch
• Van Schaick Lunch
• Middle School Lunch
• High School Lunch

Prices

• Milk – $0.75
• Breakfast – $1.25
• Reduced breakfast – $0.25
• Lunch – $2.85
• Reduced lunch – $0.25

Times

Breakfast

• Abram Lansing School – 8:30 – 9 a.m.
• Harmony Hill School – 8:15 – 8:45 a.m.
• Van Schaick Grade School – 8:20 – 8:45 a.m.
• Cohoes Middle School – 7:50 – 8:15 a.m.
• Cohoes High School – 7:15 – 8:49 a.m.

Lunch

• Abram Lansing School – 10:50 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.
• Harmony Hill School – 11 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. 
• Van Schaick Grade School – 11 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
• Cohoes Middle School – 10:43 a.m. – 1:01 p.m.
• Cohoes High School – 10:20 a.m. – 12:12 p.m.

CEP/Free and Reduced Meals

All students in Grades PreK-5 receive free breakfast and lunch every day through the Community Eligibility Program (CEP).

Middle School students also receive free breakfast every day.

Students in grades 6-12 should fill out a Free and Reduced Price Lunch application, EVEN IF the student brings lunch to school daily.

Qualifying families could help the district with eligibility and funding meals based on need at CMS and CHS.

• 2017-18 Free and Reduced Meal Application
• 2017-18 Free and Reduces Meal Consent Form

Send completed applications to:

Cohoes City Schools Food Service
Attn: Laura Manzer
1 Tiger Circle
Cohoes, NY 12047

If you are unable to access these documents and need them in a different format, please contact our communications office.

Student Accounts

All students in grades K-12 have an account. Cash, checks or money orders are accepted, as well as online payment. Make checks payable to “Cohoes Lunch Fund” and include with payment the child’s account number and child’s full name. For information about making online meal payments for your students, see the information below. Students may also use cash to purchase meals and/or snacks.

My School Bucks Account

Dietary services

Monthly meal menus are distributed to all students in grades pre-kindergarten through grade five. They are available to all students upon request. These menus comply with federal nutrition regulations. Special dietary services are available, but must be accompanied with a note from the child’s physician and be on file in the school lunch office.