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1. How do I apply for Free/Reduced lunches? 2. How do I open a lunch account for my student? 3. How do I deposit money into their account? 4. Do you accept credit cards? 5. If I send in cash with my student can he/she get change? 6. What if I forget to send lunch money to school? 8. What is included with the price of a meal? 9. Can my student buy extra food (a la carte)? 10. What is considered a lunch and what is considered a la
carte? 11. If my student changes schools, does their money go with
them? 13. Can we request food substitutions for religious and/or
personal reasons? 14. How do I check what my student is buying with their meal
account? 15. How do I get the money in my students meal account
refunded to me? 16. Will my student’s pin number always be the same? 18. My student is going on a field trip; can he/she get a
sack lunch? 1. How do I apply for Free/Reduced lunches? APPLY
ON Or SUBMIT
A HARD A
You
are responsible for all charges until your application is processed. ~Fill out
the application completely (one application per household) including
:
~If your
student receives Basic Food or TANF you must include the case number on the
application (no ~If your
student is a foster child, please submit an application with only his/her
name in the foster child section. You must submit one application per foster
child. If you have multiple foster children, you need one application per
child. No other children may be on their application. Have your
student drop it off in your school kitchen with the Child Nutrition staff or
bring it to the Child Nutrition Office and we will process it promptly. We
have 10 business days to process the application. You are responsible to
purchase meals or bring meals from home until your application has been
processed. A letter
will be mailed home to notify you of the application results. If you do not
receive a letter within a week of submitting the application, please contact
the Child Nutrition Office. If you
were approved for Temporary Free meals, you have 6 weeks to contact the Child
Nutrition Office and/or submit a new application with income information. Once you
have been approved, in order to receive the free/reduced rate, your student
must choose a complete meal. That means taking one of the entrees offered at
their school as well as one other item offered for lunch that day at the self
serve bar or a milk. Anything else will be considered a la carte and your
student will be charged accordingly. 2.
How do I open a lunch account for my student? When you
enroll your student in school they are automatically issued a CN meal
account. They are assigned a 7-digit I.D. number which they will either state
their name (at elementary schools), or type or scan their ID card (at
secondary schools) into a pin pad if they choose to buy a meal or a drink. 3. How do
I deposit money into their CN meal account? Please
send either cash or a check (checks are encouraged) with the student’s
full name written in the memo section to school with them. You must send one
check for each child. At elementary schools, deposits are collected in the
classroom with each student having their own deposit envelope. They are then
sent to the kitchen to be deposited into each student account. At the
secondary schools (Middle School, Junior High School, 9 th Grade Campus and
High School), students deposit money on the line when they go to purchase
their lunch. Credit
card payments are accepted online through MyNutrikids.com
(a 7-digit pin number is required to register for each student - please
contact the Child Nutrition Office for your child’s 7-digit I.D.
number). Parents can also deposit money into their child(ren)’s
accounts at the Child Nutrition Office, 7507 Zier Road (housed at West Valley
Junior High, our office is located in the Southeast Parking Lot in the
cyclone fenced area). 4. Do you
accept credit cards? Yes, the
following options are available:
5. If I
send in cash with my student can he/she get change? No, we do
not give cash back on the service line. The remainder stays in their account.
This allows cashiers to focus on getting students through the service lines
as quickly as possible, leaving more time for eating and recess/socializing. 6. What if
I forget to send lunch money to school? Just like
eating at any establishment, meals must be paid for at the time of service.
It is the parent or guardian’s responsibility for ensuring that their
child has money in his/her account or brings a meal from home. Students will
be notified when their meal account is low with a printed receipt
(elementary) or verbal account balance (secondary). You may call our office
to obtain account balances.
8. What is
included with the price of a meal? Lunch
includes: 1 entrée, up to 5 items on the self serve bar and 8 oz. milk.
Breakfast includes: 1 breakfast entrée, 1 side and 8 oz. milk. Anything else
your student wishes to choose will be considered a la carte and will be
priced accordingly. 9.
Can my student buy extra food (a la carte)? Elementary
students can buy an extra entrée with their meal as long as they have ordered
it when they ask for a lunch choice at the beginning of the day at school. An
extra entrée with a meal at the elementary school is $1.25. Secondary
students may use their meal account to buy any food/snack items available to
them. If you do not wish for them to use their meal account in this manner
please contact the Child Nutrition Office and request that a restriction be
put on the child’s account. 10. What
is considered a lunch and what is considered a la carte? A
“lunch” is a minimum of an entrée plus one other item offered on
the menu that day. Those menu items are on the self serve bar when they go
through to get their lunch in each school. Lunch also includes a choice of
skim white or chocolate milk. Everything else is considered ala carte (at
secondary schools - a la carte is not offered at elementary schools) and will
be priced accordingly. 11. If my
student changes schools, does their money go with them? Yes, if
they change schools within the 12. My student has a life threatening food allergy/non-life
threatening food allergy/physical disability; is there any way Child
Nutrition can help? For
life-threatening allergies, meals from home provide the safest option. Substitutions
and/or accommodations are made for students with Life Threatening allergies
and/or life threatening physical disabilities. A Diet Prescription form or
medical statement must be signed by your physician. No substitutions can be
made to our menus without either the Diet Prescription form or medical
statement on file. It must include:
13. Can we
request food substitutions for religious and/or personal reasons? No. All
food substitutions must be prescribed by your physician or medical authority
for a Life Threatening medical reason. 14. How do
I check what my student is buying with their meal account? You may
contact the Child Nutrition Office. We would be happy to print off a report
and either mail or e-mail it to you. You can also obtain daily deposit and
eating history of your child(ren) if you register at www.mynutrikids.com. 15. How do
I have the money in my students meal account refunded to me? Please
contact the Child Nutrition Office for meal account refunds. 16. Will
my student’s I.D. number always be the same? Yes, your
child’s I.D. number will remain the same as long as they are within the
Great
question! Yes, 18. My
student is going on a field trip; can he/she get a sack lunch? Yes, sack
lunches are available to all students when they go on field trips.
Requesting a lunch is part of the field trip preparations in which they will
work with their teacher. Students may use their lunch account (free, reduced
or paid) for the field trip. |
