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Salad Dressing:  1.5 oz.

Bottled Water:  8 oz. and 16.9 oz.

Cookie (Each)

Juice 4 oz

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Definition

Charged meals” are defined as meals which cannot be properly accounted for because the student has no money.

Purpose

Procedures for handling charged meals in elementary and secondary schools are developed for the purpose of dealing with this situation on a consistent basis so the student “customer” will not be embarrassed or humiliated.

Responsibility

The Assistant Superintendent and Director of Student Nutrition Services are locally responsible for these procedures and subsequent modifications.  The Food Service Managers will be responsible for ensuring compliance with these procedures. 

Procedure

• Students cannot charge extra meals or a la carte items. Students must have money in their accounts to purchase these items.
• Notification through School Messenger (phone call and emails) will be used to notify parents of accounts balances with less than $5.00 weekly.
• Any child on paid or reduced meal status with a negative $10.00 balance will be served an alternate meal (a grilled cheese sandwich or a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and a carton of milk) until the balance is paid in full, unless arrangements have been made with the food service director and/or food service manager to make installment payments.
• Students on free meal status with a negative balance always receive a regular meal.
• Any students with a negative balance cannot purchase anything extra (a la carte items), regardless of status.

The School District of Pickens County has partnered with Heartland Solutions/Mosaic, our Student Nutrition Services software program, and MySchoolBucks, so that families can have direct access to their children’s cafeteria accounts.

All schools are now open and have access to online payment options! You will find directions about MySchoolBucks online payment options on their websites.

By logging in through our website and setting up a MySchoolBucks account, you can see what and when your children have been eating, see what their current balances are, establish a reoccurring payment, set spending limits and make notes for the cafeteria manager.  Payment history for the year is available with the click of the mouse.

The program also offers families the convenience of depositing funds into a child's lunch account.  This option is possible because of a third party service provider called MySchoolBucks.  It is similar to other online banking services and charges nominal fees for processing your deposits.  The service also lets you charge meal payments to your credit card. 

MySchoolBucks Online will help eliminate last minute check writing hassles, improve efficiency, and help cut costs for both you and the school district.  Online payments will help eliminate the worry that your children could lose or forget the money intended for meals or that it might be spent on other non-school related items.

How do you use MySchoolBucks Online?

To use the MySchoolBucks Online feature, you must create an online account with MySchoolBucks.  Families set up and maintain their own logins, passwords, and payment preferences. Account information is retained in a password-protected file.   You’ll need an Internet connection with Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher, a valid e-mail address and your student’s date of birth.