A quality child nutrition and food service program meets the nutritional needs of students with appealing meals at reasonable prices contributing to the students’ overall well-being and ability to learn.

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Dear Parents/Guardians,

Welcome to St. Johns Public Schools from the Food Service Department. This letter is to inform you about the cafeterias in our school district.

Upon completion of the enrollment process of your student into our software system (Infinite Campus) a food service debit account is automatically created allowing your student to deposit money into an account which allows them to make breakfast, lunch and snack purchases. 

If your student is eligible for the free or reduced meal program, please be sure to fill out an application for Free & Reduced Meals and turn it into the St. Johns Public Schools Business Office. If approved for free meals, the software will act as if your student has meal credits in his/her account and approves the purchase. However, if extra items were purchased, above and beyond the normal lunch, a non-paying student would need money in their account to make those purchases.

To make deposits you may send cash or a check made payable to the school your child attends. You may pay weekly, monthly, or even yearly if you choose.     

Lunch	Paid Students	Reduced Students
Elementary	1.75	.40
Middle School	2.00	.40
High School & Wilson Center	2.00	.40
High School & Wilson Center	2.25	.40
Breakfast	1.25	.30

                             

*Breakfast is served at all schools except East Olive and Riley.

At the Middle School and High School a la carte items such as sandwiches, puddings, yogurt, fruit, crackers, juices, milk and many other items are available during lunch. A salad bar is also available.

At the Wilson and all of the Elementary Schools the student’s assigned bar code is scanned when they purchase breakfast or lunch and the cost is deducted from their account.

At the Middle School and High School the cashier will identify the food items being purchased, the student will enter their Account PIN and the terminal will access the student’s account and deduct the purchase. The cashiers will let the students know when their balances are low.

Your Middle School and High School students can obtain the Account PIN number at the cafeteria or you may contact me at 989-227-4025. If you have any further questions, please be sure to call me at the above number.

Thank you,

Purchasing School Meals

Parents may prepay for school meals for the month, week or day.  High School, Middle School and Wilson Center students use Personal Identification Numbers (PIN) to access their accounts.  Elementary accounts are scanned using a bar code system.  Parents may specify how payments are to be used.  For example--- if you DO NOT want your student to purchase alacart items or you would like to set a daily spending limit on your student’s account, please notify Denise Knight, Food Service Director @ 989-227-4025.

Meal Payments-Online, Check, Cash

Parents are encouraged to prepay for the child(ren’s) meals so money is always available.

Online –go to www.stjohns.edzone.net and use the “PaySchools”link.  You must have IC parent portal access to make Food Service deposits online.  To obtain your IC parent portal access, send an email request to IChelpdesk@stjohns.edzone.net.  Easy to use, convenient, private and secure.   At the current time there is no “convenience fee.”

Checks-please make payable to St. Johns Public Schools or the school your student attends.

St. Johns Public Schools will charge $10.00 for each NSF or returned check that Foodservice receives.  This charge is to be collected in addition to the amount of the check that was originally issued to St. Johns Public Schools.  The fee is to offset the expense the district incurs when such a check is received.  A block may also be put on a family’s account rejecting any further checks until this check is cleared up.

Special Notes

• Elementary students are only allowed to charge the equivalent of two lunches.
• When an elementary student has reached the charge limit allowed, they will be given a toasted cheese sandwich or an alternative that day and would be expected to bring a cold lunch until the charges are paid off.
• When the current charge balance is paid off, they will be allowed to charge again if needed.
• High School and Middle School students are not allowed to charge.
• Parents can view their child(ren’s) account using the Infinite Campus parent portal.
• Balances from the previous year roll over and remain in the student’s accounts as they transfer to different buildings with the St. Johns Public School District.

Refunds 

Meal account refunds may be requested by emailing the following information to “knight_d@stjohns.edzone.net” or sending in a written request with the student.  Refunds are only made with the parent/guardian consent and refund checks are processed and mailed by the Business Office.  Refund checks will only be issued if balances are over $10.00.

• Student Name
• Student ID#
• School Name
• Parent Name and Address