Cafeteria

 

 

Debra Archambault

Barbara May

Judy Dombrow – Cafeteria Aid

Pat Brozowsky – Cafeteria Aid

 

 

 

A nutritious diet is very important to help children to be able to learn.  All children must bring a lunch from home or purchase a lunch in the cafeteria. Parents are asked not to bring food in from outside vendors.

 

School lunch includes: a main entrée, 2 choices of fruits and/or vegetables, and a choice of milk.  Please note that an 8-ounce yogurt/cereal can be substituted for the main item. 

 

Our lunch program operates under the “offer vs. serve” rules of the National School Lunch Program, which means that the child has to take at least 3 different meal components of the complete meal that is offered to him/her in order to receive the packaged price of $1.85.  The price of the meal, however, does not change if the child only takes the 3 components instead of the entire meal offered.

 

Lunch Prices for Elementary School Students:

 

$  2.15

School lunch

$    .50

Ala Carte Milk

$  2.25

Ala Carte entrees

$    .50

Fruits, vegetables, juices

$  1.00 to  $ 2.00

Ice Cream

$  1.00

Cookies

$  2.00

Rice Krispie Treats

$    .85

Brownies

 

 

If your family is eligible for a Reduced Price lunch fee, it may be purchased for $.40 daily.

 

Cafeteria automated system

 

All students will have an established debit account, although advanced payments are not required.  Cash payments will still be accepted on a daily basis.  Funds that are deposited into your child’s debit account can be made available to your child in one of three ways.

 

·         Option # 1: Cash On Account.  Funds are deposited and available to your child for the purchase of lunches and/or a la carte foods in the cafeteria.  There are no limitations as to what may be purchased or how many purchases can be made.  The account balance simply decreases as purchases take place.  Any amount of money may be put on account at any time.

·         Option #2:  Prepaid Meals.  Monies put on account are designated for student meals only, with one meal per day.  Your child would need to pay cash for any snack, a la carte items or additional lunches being purchased.  Any number of prepaid meals may be put on account at any time.

·         Option #3:  Prepaid Meals and Cash on Account.  This option ensures that your child receives a lunch and allows him or her to purchase a la carte foods as well.  There are no limitations as to what foods may be purchased a la carte, or how many prepaid meals and how much is for cash account.

 

If you are paying for more than one child in the same school with one payment, please clearly document how many lunches are to be designated to each student’s account.  If the deposit amount is not specified, the amount will be divided equally.

 

All monies sent into the cafeteria can only be used for meals and a la carte purchases and cannot be used for any other school event(s).  Ice cream that is sold in vending machines will need to be purchased with cash.

 

Unused lunch tickets at the end of the year will be treated as cash.  Balances as of June 30th will be carried over to the next school year.  Requests for refunds or account transfers will be made on a case-by-case basis and must be made in writing to the Director of Nutrition Services.

 

How to make a deposit

 

For your convenience, cashiers will have pre-printed envelopes available to be used when making advanced payments.  Envelopes will also be available in the main office.  To make a payment, fill out the information on the outside of the envelope, enclose payment, and return the envelope with payment to your child’s teacher.    For safety purposes, we recommend that advanced payments be sent in the form of a check.  Make checks payable to:  Newington School Cafeterias.  Envelopes will be collected daily and forwarded to the cafeteria.  When account balances reach below five dollars, the cashier will remind the student by providing him or her with a preprinted envelope.  Please note that students will not be allowed to carry negative balances.

 

Charging:  If our child does not bring a lunch or has inadequate money or no money to pay for lunch, the office will issue a charge to you for the lunch.  Borrowing money should be done for emergency purposes only.  Money that is borrowed is expected to be returned the next day.  Please do not confuse the money borrowed with the money you are placing on your child’s account.  They are two separate entities and need to be done in two separate transactions.  The money borrowed needs to come in an envelope to the office and the cafeteria envelope needs to be given to the child’s teacher.  No students will be allowed to charge for snacks or beverage.

 

 

Note:  Lunch will be served on early release days.