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Short and Long Week Calculations (205.88 KB)
Short and Long Week Calculations (rounded to nearest 0.5 oz eq and 0.25 cup)
(Applies to schools who regularly operate on a shorter or longer weekly cycle)
- Since the dietary specifications are based on a average daily amounts, these are unaffected by varying week lengths (average over length of week, whether consisting of 3 to 7 days)
- Due to size of weekly vegetable subgroup requirements, the 20% adjustment is not practical. Therefore, adjustments are primarily made to the “Additional Vegetable” category only- which in turn allows increased or decreased offering amounts of any of the subgroups to meet this requirement.
Three Day School Week Meal Component Adjustments
| 3-day School Week- Breakfast | Grades K-5 Weekly (daily) |
Grades 6-8 Weekly (daily) |
Grades 9-12 Weekly (daily) |
| Fruits (cups) | 3 (1) | 3 (1) | 3 (1) |
| Grains (oz eq) | 4-6 (1) | 5-6 (1) | 5.5-6 (1) |
| Fluid Milk (cups) | 3 (1) | 3 (1) | 3 (1) |
| 3-day School Week- Lunch | Grades K-5 Weekly (daily) | Grades 6-8 Weekly (daily) | Grades 9-12 Weekly (daily) |
| Fruits (cups) | 1.5 (0.5) | 1.5 (0.5) | 3 (1) |
| Vegetables (cups) | 2.25 (0.75) | 2.25 (0.75) | 3 (1) |
| Dark Green | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Red/Orange | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 |
| Beans/Peas (Legumes) | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Starchy | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Other | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.5 |
| Additional Veg to Reach Total | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grains (oz eq) | 5- 5.5 (1) | 5-6 (1) | 6-7 (2) |
| Meats/Meat Alts (oz eq) | 5-6 (1) | 5.5-6 (1) | 6-7 (2) |
| Fluid Milk (cups) | 3 (1) | 3 (1) | 3 (1) |
Four Day School Week Meal Component Adjustments
| 4-day School Week- Breakfast | Grades K-5 Weekly (daily) | Grades 6-8 Weekly (daily) | Grades 9-12 Weekly (daily) |
| Fruits (cups) | 4 (1) | 4 (1) | 4 (1) |
| Grains (oz eq) | 5.5-8 (1) | 6.5-8 (1) | 7-8 (1) |
| Fluid Milk (cups) | 4 (1) | 4 (1) | 4 (1) |
| 4-day School Week- Lunch | Grades K-5 Weekly (daily) | Grades 6-8 Weekly (daily) | Grades 9-12 Weekly (daily) |
| Fruits (cups) | 2 (0.5) | 2 (0.5) | 4 (1) |
| Vegetables (cups) | 3 (0.75) | 3 (0.75) | 4 (1) |
| Dark Green | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Red/Orange | 0.75 | 0.75 | 1.25 |
| Beans/Peas (Legumes) | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Starchy | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Other | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.75 |
| Additional Veg to Reach Total | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.5 |
| Grains (oz eq) | 6.5-7 (1) | 6.5-8 (1) | 8-9.5 (2) |
| Meats/Meat Alts (oz eq) | 6.5-8 (1) | 7-8 (1) | 8-9.5 (2) |
| Fluid Milk (cups) | 4 (1) | 4 (1) | 4 (1) |
Six Day School Week Meal Component Adjustments
| 6-day School Week- Breakfast | Grades K-5 Weekly (daily) | Grades 6-8 Weekly (daily) | Grades 9-12 Weekly (daily) |
| Fruits (cups) | 6 (1) | 6 (1) | 6 (1) |
| Grains (oz eq) | 8.5-12 (1) | 9.5-12 (1) | 11-12 (1) |
| Fluid Milk (cups) | 6 (1) | 6 (1) | 6 (1) |
| 6-day School Week- Lunch | Grades K-5 Weekly (daily) | Grades 6-8 Weekly (daily) | Grades 9-12 Weekly (daily) |
| Fruits (cups) | 3 (0.5) | 3 (0.5) | 6 (1) |
| Vegetables (cups) | 4.5 (0.75) | 4.5 (0.75) | 6 (1) |
| Dark Green | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Red/Orange | 0.75 | 0.75 | 1.25 |
| Beans/Peas (Legumes) | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Starchy | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Other | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.75 |
| Additional Veg to Reach Total | 1.75 | 1.75 | 2.5 |
| Grains (oz eq) | 9.5-11 (1) | 9.5-12 (1) | 12-14.5 (2) |
| Meats/Meat Alts (oz eq) | 9.5-12 (1) | 11-12 (1) | 12-14.5 (2) |
| Fluid Milk (cups) | 6 (1) | 6 (1) | 6 (1) |
Seven Day School Week Meal Component Adjustments
| 7-day School Week- Breakfast | Grades K-5 Weekly (daily) | Grades 6-8 Weekly (daily) | Grades 9-12 Weekly (daily) |
| Fruits (cups) | 7 (1) | 7 (1) | 7 (1) |
| Grains (oz eq) | 10-14 (1) | 11-14 (1) | 12.5-14(1) |
| Fluid Milk (cups) | 7 (1) | 7 (1) | 7 (1) |
| 7-day School Week- Lunch | Grades K-5 Weekly (daily) | Grades 6-8 Weekly (daily) | Grades 9-12 Weekly (daily) |
| Fruits (cups) | 3.5 (0.5) | 3.5 (0.5) | 7 (1) |
| Vegetables (cups) | 5.25 (0.75) | 5.25 (0.75) | 7 (1) |
| Dark Green | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Red/Orange | 0.75 | 0.75 | 1.25 |
| Beans/Peas (Legumes) | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Starchy | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Other | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.75 |
| Additional Veg to Reach Total | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 |
| Grains (oz eq) | 11-12.5 (1) | 11-14 (1) | 14-17 (2) |
| Meats/Meat Alts (oz eq) | 11-14 (1) | 12.5-14 (1) | 14-17 (2) |
| Fluid Milk (cups) | 7 (1) | 7 (1) | 7 (1) |