Kiona-Benton City School District Food Services Department

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The Kiona-Benton City School District Food Service Staff recognizes the importance good nutrition plays in the education of our students. Our goal is to serve top quality, nutritious meals in a pleasant environment.

Current Meal Prices

Meal Charge Policy

In order to allow students to receive nutritious meals, prevent over-identification of students with insufficient funds to pay for school meals, and maintain the financial integrity of the nonprofit school nutrition program. The District will establish a written meal charge process for students eligible for reduced price meals and students that are not eligible for meals. The meal charge policy will be communicated to households each year so that school district employees, families and students have a shared understanding of expectations regarding meal charges.

Unpaid Meal Charges

The District' s Meal Charge Policy will also address unpaid meal charges. Students who qualify for free meals will not be denied a reimbursable meal, even if they have accrued a negative balance from previous purchases. Students with outstanding m( al charge debt will be allowed to purchase a meal if the student pays for the meal when it is received. "The District will provide alternate meals meeting federal and state requirements to students who have charged the maximum amount allowed to their student account and cannot pay out of pocket for a meal."

The District will make reasonable, discrete efforts to notify families when meal account balances are low through use of verbal reminders to students to let their parent/ guardian know that their meal account needs to be replenished.

Negative balances of more than $30.00 not paid prior to the end of the month will be turned over to the School Counselor or the School District. The District will make reasonable, discrete efforts to collect delinquent (overdue) unpaid meal charg(?s, which is an allowable use of National School Food Service Account (NSFSA) funds, and will coordinate communications with families to resolve the charges.

District employees may use a charge account for meals, but may charge no more than $11.25 to their account. When an account reaches this limit, the employee will not be allowed to charge additional meals or a la carte items until the negative account balance is paid.

Paying for School Meals

Families can pay online https://www.myme a ltime .com/s ig nin.as px? returnur l=/

Send cash or a check with your student, or visit the Food Service Office .

Qua lify for Free or Reduced Price Meals

Your child may qualify for free or reduced price meals. You can apply online http://kibesd.str pps.com

Paper applications are also available and are sent home at the beginning of each school year. We have

10 days to process

Families are encouraged to complete an application for Free or Reduced priced meal benefits anytime during the school if their personal inco11e situation has changed.

Procedures for Kiona- Benton City School District 2017-2018 School Year

It is the responsibility of parents or guardians to prepay for school meals; provide a breakfast or lunch from home; or complete an annual application establishing eligibility for free or reduced­ price meals. The application may take up to 10 days to process. Nutrition Services is unable to use state or federal funds to forgive s.tudent meal debt and has established guidelines to help families manage cafeteria accounts.

Elementary/Middle students are allowed to charge 5 lunches. Of course, we will notify you when your student needs more lunch money. After the 4th charge we may call and remind you that your student only has one c? ar ge left. If you don't send money, after the 5th charge your student will receive alternate meals meeting federal and state requirements to students who have charged the maximum amount allowed to their account.

High School students and Staff will be able to charge 3 lunches.

Two weeks prior to the last day of school, no charges will be allowed.     You need to have money in your account or cash when you want to have a meal.

Questions about your account, please contact Tenneile Thompson between 8:00 a.m. and 2:30 @ (509) 588-2038