Information on Payment of Lunches

Elementary Lunch Procedures

Effective September 2008

PAYMENT OF LUNCHES:

At the elementary level, payment for lunch is done in the classroom.

·        Elementary lunch is $1.50 per day.
·        Accepted form of payment is cash and check.
·        Cash should be in the exact amount or as close as possible. We cannot make change
       for large bills.
·        Checks should be made out to the school name and “cafeteria” written after it.
              For Example: Enfield Street Cafeteria.
·        Your child’s name and homeroom number must be on the check.
·        Your home phone number must be on the check.

RETURNED CHECK POLICY: If a check is returned to us for any reason, you will be responsible for the check fee that the bank charges us to be paid in CASH ASAP. As of November 2008 the charge is $15.00. A second occurrence of a returned check for the same child will result in loss of check writing privileges.

PREPAYING OF LUNCHES:

·        You may prepay for lunches on the first day of the week, usually a Monday.
·        If absent on Monday then student can prepay on Tuesday for the remainder of the week.
·        If absent Monday and Tuesday, money should be sent in each day, no prepayment accepted.
·        You may prepay for only certain days or for the whole week.
               2 lunches = $3.00                     4 lunches = $6.00
               3 lunches = $4.50                     5 lunches = $7.50
·        Prepayments should always include the child’s name, room # and days they are paying for.
·        If you are sending in cash for prepayment, send the exact amount or as close as possible. We are not able to accept large bills.
·        If you are sending a check, the child’s name, room # and days your are prepaying for must be on the check. Checks without home phone number will not be accepted.
·        If you are paying for more than one child at a school, please send in separate money and information for each child.

REFUND OF PREPAYMENT MONEY:

· Lunch counts must be sent into the Production Kitchen by 9:30 each morning so the correct amount of food is produced and delivered to the school. This process reduces the amount of leftover food, which reduces the amount of waste, which keeps the lunch prices low. We are instituting a new REFUND POLICY in an attempt to keep our prices at $1.50, the lowest in the state, and to delay, as long as possible, an increase in school lunch prices.

· REFUNDS WILL ONLY BE GIVEN TO STUDENTS WHO NOTIFY THE OFFICE PRIOR TO 9:30AM OF THE DAY OF SERVICE. This means that the office can correct the lunch counts and allow us to not overproduce meals.

· REFUNDS WILL BE DONE ON THE LAST DAY OF THE WEEK, USUALLY FRIDAY. An envelope will be sent to the office on Friday afternoon and returned to the student on Monday morning.
For example: If you have prepaid for the week, and your child is absent the next day, and you call the school by 9:30a.m., the staff will pull out the money and start an envelope for the child. If the child is absent the rest of the week, and the office has been notified by the deadline time of 9:30, the staff will take out the prepaid money for every day the student is absent and return to the child on the following Monday. Either way, the money will only be returned the following Monday. This procedure allows our staff to be more efficient with their time and this also helps to keep our prices low.

         SECONDARY SCHOOL PROCEDURE

    At the secondary schools, we have Point of Sale cash register systems. Students can put money on account via cash or check. Student first and last name, ID #, and Homeroom must be listed on checks. Returned checks are subject to fees; please see above.
    Refund of money on account must be requested through the Cafe Manager.