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you set up the low balance reminder at $10.00 If the cost of meals is a hardship for your family, an
to provide families with enough time to add application for free or reduced meals is provided to
additional funds. each family at the beginning of the school year. This
Pay By Check: Make checks payable to the form may also be obtained from the district office or
Pine-Richland Cafeteria Fund or PRCF and online at any time throughout the year. Complete the
please record your student’s name and information and return the application to the school
student ID number on the check. We office. You will be notified of the status of the
recommend you place your check in an application. Prior to your approval, you will be
envelope with your student’s information. responsible for any cafeteria charges incurred.
Students can turn in their check at breakfast Confidentiality is strictly adhered to and no distinction
or lunch to the cashier. is made between those students who pay and those
Create On-line Account/Pay By Check: who do not.
We have many parents/guardians who would
like to monitor their student’s meal habits, One breakfast and one lunch meal per day is permitted
but continue to send a check in with the as free or reduced. Second meals are at the full meal
student. It is FREE to create an on-line price. Students receiving reduced-meal prices must
account with www.schoolcafe.com, monitor place money in the meal account.
your student’s eating habits and create low
balance alerts. The only time you are charged Cafeteria Rules
a fee is if you choose to pay on-line. We Students violating cafeteria rules and regulations may
recommend all families create an account to be denied cafeteria privileges by being suspended
monitor spending. from the cafeteria. Students would then bring a packed
lunch or purchase a bag lunch from the cafeteria and
In accordance with School Board Policy #808 – Food eat in the Time Out Room.
Services, the district has established guidelines for low
and/or negative balances. 1. All students occupying a table are
responsible for the cleanliness of the table
Meal Price and the area surrounding the table. This is a
To offer meals with higher quality of food, increased group responsibility and anyone sitting at the
scratch cooking, increased plant-based options, and table shares that responsibility.
increased fresh products, a two-tiered price system
was approved. This system will allow more flexibility 2. When students have finished eating, they
for our meals. The food service menus will continue should take their trays to the disposal area.
to offer a variety of lunch options at both prices. You
will start to see two types of meals offered. The first 3. After passing through the disposal area,
is our DAILY meal, and the second our RAM meal. students return to their tables to await
dismissal.
We will implement signage on menus and in the
cafeteria so students will recognize the differences. 4. Cafeteria monitors dismiss students by table.
Parents will also see the DAILY and RAM description Students are not permitted to take open
listed on our menus, so they will know how much each food or drink containers from the
meal will cost. Our RAM meal will focus on increased cafeteria.
scratch cooking, plant-based and fresh products.
5. Students are not permitted to leave the
Meal Paid Reduced Free cafeteria during lunch for any reason without
Choice (Grade (Grade (Grade the permission of a cafeteria monitor.
7-12) 7-12) 7-12)
Breakfast $1.25 6. In an effort to provide students with a safe
$.30 $0.0 and pleasant lunch experience, it is necessary
DAILY Meal $2.60 that there be courteous and appropriate
(Entrée, fruit, $.40 $0.0 behavior. Students who fail to behave
vegetable, milk) $3.25 appropriately in the cafeteria risk losing
RAM Meal $.40 $0.0 cafeteria privileges and can face further
(Entrée, fruit, disciplinary consequences.
vegetable, milk)
CELL PHONES
Students are not permitted to use cell phones during
regular school hours. If a cell phone must be brought
to school for after-school activities, it must be turned
off and kept in the student’s locker until after
dismissal. If a student is found using a cell phone
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