Food Services

HPS Food Services

Welcome to the Hopkinton Food Service Department

Food Service Director: Michelle Condakes MS, RD, LDN, SNS

mcondakes@hopkinton.k12.ma.us (508) 417-9394

The Hopkinton Food Service Department is led by Food Service Director, Michelle Condakes. Michelle is a licensed registered dietitian and school nutrition specialist with a MS in Applied Exercise Science & Sports Nutrition and a BS in Culinary Nutrition. She comes to Hopkinton most recently from the Spencer-East Brookfield Regional School District and prior to that worked for the Sutton School District both in the role of School Nutrition Director. She has a true passion and dedication for the nutrition and culinary fields.

The Hopkinton Public Schools Food Service Department takes pride in providing nutritious and well-balanced meals to our students. At the start of the 2023-24 school year, Governor Healey and the Massachusetts Legislature made a historic investment and commitment to solving childhood hunger by making Massachusetts the 8th state to make School Meals for All permanent. What this means is that all students are entitled to one reimbursable breakfast and one reimbursable lunch at no cost each school day.

“In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.

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

To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/USDA-OASCR%20P-Complaint-Form-0508-0002-508-11-28-17Fax2Mail.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:

mail:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
fax:
(833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
email:
program.intake@usda.gov

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.”

Food Services Updates

January 2025:

K-5 Alternative Menu, Week 3 has been updated per student request.

Chicken Caesar Salad Wrap will be replacing the Bologna & Cheese Sandwich in Week 3 at Hopkins & Elmwood effective 1/27/2025

Updated Unpaid Meal Charging Procedure (Jan. 2025)

Lunch Account Refund Form

Senior lunch account refund form

Additional Food Resources

https://www.projectbread.org/foodsource-hotline

https://gettingsnap.org/

http://projectjustbecause.org/

Hopkinton Youth & Family Services

Lunch Heroes

Families have asked how they might help. We have opened a financial donation center for the public schools. Please visit MySchoolBucks to make donations to the Lunch Heroes. This new program has been initiated to help students and families that struggle to purchase a nutritious school lunch. The Lunch Heroes program is a way for individuals to make donations to support students when they no longer have the funds to do so. Please login to your MySchoolBucks account and select School Store from the top right or use the express button below.

Online School Payments

Online School Lunch Payments

Please visit MySchoolBucks.com to create a free account. Here you will be able to track your students transactions and make online prepayments. Important to note, there is an online payment transaction fee of $3.25 for credit and debit card transactions and $2.75 for electronic checks, beginning March 7, 2024.

In lieu of using MySchoolBucks.com, parents can opt to send in a payment and incur no additional fee. Payments may be sent in with students OR they may be mailed to Hopkinton Public Schools, c/o Michelle Condakes, 88A Hayden Rowe Street, Hopkinton, MA 01748. Please ensure your student's full name, ID number and grade are clearly written on the envelope/bag or memo line of the check. Please make checks payable to Hopkinton School Lunch Program.

Free/Reduced Meal Applications are accepted at any time throughout the school year. Please complete the application provided below and return to Hopkinton Public Schools, c/o Michelle Condakes, 88A Hayden Rowe Street, Hopkinton, MA 01748 for processing.