MEAL PRICES
Meal prices and ala carte prices are published each year in schools.MEAL SERVICE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM
1. Upon enrollment, all students will be fingerprinted. This fingerprint is used to track the meals that students eat on a daily basis.
2. At mealtime, a student’s fingerprint is scanned into the data management system. When the student’s account is accessed, the system will determine if there is enough money in the account to pay for the meal and the transaction will be processed.
3. Students eligible for free meals will be provided with a meal at no charge. Students who pay for reduced-price and full priced meals must make payments with the nutrition department.
4. By using a fingerprint, the anonymity of children receiving free or reduced-priced meals is assured. If there is not enough money in the account, the cashier may serve the meal and put the account in debit (a negative balance). The student is notified if they have a negative balance. The following day, the student should bring enough money to pay the negative balance and purchase that day’s meal. A negative balance limit (debit limit) is set for students which may not exceed the value of 3 days of school meals. Parents/guardians are responsible for paying off negative balances (debits).
A. Deposits can be made on meal money accounts before school in the cafeteria. When placing meal money in a sealed envelope, the following information must be stated:
• Student’s name
• Student’s grade
• Dollar amount enclosed
B. Please make your deposit with cash or money order payable to the school’s cafeteria. You may also make payments online thru www.Nutrikids.com. The link to Nutrikids is on the school’s website. Pre-payment for multiple meals is encouraged to reduce the need for frequent deposits and daily cash handling.
C. Households with more than one child in a school need to designate the amount of money to be placed into each child’s meal account. An account balance cannot be shared by different children in the same household.
D. Money in a student’s meal account may be used to purchase complete meals and Ala Carte items.
E. Refunds from student meal accounts are available only upon written/guardian request. Small refunds up to $10.00 will be issued at the school site. Large refunds will be issued by the school’s Corporate Office. Allow at least two day’s notice for large refunds.
F. If you have any questions concerning your child’s meal account, please contact your child’s school cafeteria.
Free and Reduced Meals
Free and reduced-price meals are available to students from families who meet established federal income guidelines. Families must complete a new application each school year. Applications are distributed to all students at the beginning of each school year. Applications are available all year in the school’s office. Parents/guardians must promptly notify the Nutritional Services Representative of any changes in income and/or family size.
State and Federal Regulations
Student access to competitive foods and foods of minimum nutritional value is controlled by state and federal regulations. All campuses must be in compliance with current regulations.Birthday Parties
Birthday Parties will not be allowed during school hours.
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Nutrition Payments (Nutrikids)
The Nutrition and Food Service Department will continue to use the NUTRIKIDS® POS System. It is a computerized Point of Sale (POS) system. It helps to increase the level of service and provide accurate school meal accounts.Cash prepayments are still accepted.
At MyNutrikids.com, parents will have the ability to print out a copy of their child’s food purchase history report. This history report will show you all dates and times that your child has purchased a breakfast and or lunch within the past thirty days.
Things to know:
If you have more than one child in the District you can handle all online prepayments from the same online account.
Payments may be made through an existing PayPal account or with a major credit or debit card.
In order to use the online prepayment service, a small convenience fee for each transaction will be assessed. The convenience fee is $1.75 per deposit transaction. Parents placing money into multiple meal accounts will only be assessed the $1.75 fee once per deposit transaction.
Registering for MyNutrikids.com
- You will first need your child’s student ID number; you may get this number by contacting your child’s school or contacting my office.
- Go to www.MyNutrikids.com. You may also find this link on the school’s website.
- Click Sign Up and enter the required information.
- Click Finish to complete the initial registration process.
Add Students to Your Family Account
- When you log in you will be taken to the homepage.
- Click MyKids from the main menu OR from the blue navigation bar above.
- This is a listing of the students in your account. It will be empty on your first visit to the site.
- Click Add Child and enter the required information.
- Click Add (next to your child’s name) to continue.
- Click Add Child to repeat the process for additional children.
- NOTE: Your child’s transaction history report will not display information during the initial account set up process.
How to Make a Deposit
- Click Deposit Money located next to Add Student.
- Enter an amount in the Deposit column next to your child’s name.
- If you have more than one child, enter the amount you wish to deposit into the column next to each child’s name. DO NOT deposit money for your entire family into ONE child’s account.
- Click Calculate.
- Click Make Deposit.
- You will be directed to the PayPal web site to enter your payment information.
- You have the option to use your existing PayPal account or a major credit card to make your payment.
- If you are using your PayPal account, enter your email address and PayPal password to continue.
- If you are using a credit card, enter the required information. For your protection,
- Click Pay Now when finished.
- Click Pay once again to finish the process.
