1. PURPOSE

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2. STUDENT WELLNESS GOALS
   1. Nutrition Promotion Goals
      1. Students will receive consistent nutrition messages throughout the school, classroom, cafeteria, home, community and media. Schools will consider the use of USDA’s Team Nutrition posters/resources to display such messages.
      2. The District will use Smarter Lunchroom’s strategies to encourage healthy food consumption and reduce food waste. (www.smarterlunchrooms.org/).
      3. The District will consider the use of taste tests for nutritional items.
      4. Schools will promote farm to school activities and will consider inviting local farmers to talk about the produce they grow, or plan field trips to farms.
      5. The District Food Service Department will promote limiting the use of processed foods and increase the use of basic fresh foods that emphasize fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and dairy foods which are low in fat, added sugars and sodium (Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010).
      6. Schools will allow adequate time for breakfast and lunch. (Target: 15 minutes for lunch once seated) and assure adequate facilities for each student to eat sitting down in the cafeteria.
   2. Nutrition Education Goals

Meal Prices for 2021-2022 - All Students 1st meal Lunch & Breakfast will be FREE

Download the 2021-2022 Meal Prices as a pdf

2nd Meals cost $3.50 each for everyone - The Federal Government does not reimburse 2nd meal

North Fork Meal Prices 2021-22

Payment Options

There are three ways to purchase school meals.

Pay Online

Pay for your student's lunch online with your credit card. The service is easy to use, convenient, private and secure. You will need to open an account using your student's ID Number. After payment your will receive an immediate receipt by email.

Login to myWeber

Pay By Check

Make check payable to (School Name) and bring the check to the Food Service Manager's Office. A local address and phone number are required to be either printed or handwritten on the check. The student(s) full name and grade are required on the check memo line.

Pay With Cash

Cash may be brought to the Food Service Manager's office before school begins for deposit on the student's account, or students may pay cash daily through the serving line.

Purpose:

The National School Lunch Program is a federally assisted meal program that provides students a wellbalanced meal each day. All student meals are partially reimbursed by the National School Lunch Program when the household does not qualify for a free meal. Parents of children who do not qualify for the free meal benefit are required to make payments to the student account only for the portion of the cost that is not reimbursed by the National School Lunch Program.

The Unpaid Meal Charges Procedure is written to outline how Weber School District will communicate to parents/guardians about the process for managing unpaid meal charges on student accounts, the procedure for collecting balances that are negative, and to assure parents that no student should be embarrassed or confronted in collecting delinquent account balances.

Policy Information:

This policy will apply to all schools that participate in the National School Lunch Program within the Weber School District boundaries.

When a new student transfers into a school within the district, parents will receive the following information from the school:

• Prices of school meals
• Parent options to provide payment for school meals
• Application for free or reduced meal pricing benefits
• Information of collection procedures for delinquent lunch accounts

This information is available to all students.

Free/Reduced Benefit:

Weber School District Child Nutrition Department offers online access for the free and reduced benefit for the federally assisted meal. All applications will be available to families after July I, of the approaching school year. Child Nutrition also provides each school site applications to distribute to all new students. Applications can also be downloaded from http://wsd.net/departments/support/child-nutrition/resources after July 1, of the approaching school year. The completed application can be e-mailed to or faxed to 801-476-7952.

Families may be eligible to receive benefits from Special Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Utah TANF/FEP, or FDPIR. If the student is eligible, this benefit is automatically updated in our "School Lunch At Weber" (SLAW) program. Child Nutrition will send a letter to the household informing parents of the student's eligibility. Any family qualifying for these benefits do not need to submit a free/reduced application form.

Payment Options:

Parents have the option of paying student lunch accounts by bringing cash or check to the lunchroom at the school. Payments can also be made at the office. Online payments can be made at https://myweber.wsd.net/Account/Login   

Delinquent Accounts:

• Prior notification:
  Child Nutrition will notify parents by e-mail when the account balance is low.
• Students leaving current school:
  When students transfer to another school within the district, move out of the district, or complete their 6th and 9th grade school year, payment of any negative balance is required. Negative balances will not be forwarded to another school. All negative lunch accounts must be paid at check-out.
• Procedure for Collections:
  The CNP manager of each school will make attempts to collect the negative balance by making phone calls to parents acknowledging the student lunch account is delinquent.

During each quarter, if the negative balance is greater than $10.00 and payment is not received within one week, the office will send a letter home to the parent/guardian with available payment plan options.

If the negative balance is greater than $20.00 and payment is not received or a payment plan has not been established within 10 days, another letter will be sent home from the office notifying the parent/guardian that the deficit amount is being sent to collections.

If payment is not received or a payment plan is not established within 10 days and an individual student has a negative balance greater than $30.00, the account will be referred to collections by the administration. Any family with an aggregate negative balance greater than $50.00 at a single school, will also be referred to collections by the administration.

Refund Procedure:

All balances in a student's account will roll into the next year.

After graduation, any balance in a senior's account or if a student leaves Weber School District, the remaining balance will be transferred into a siblings account. If there is not a sibling in the district, a letter will be sent to the parent/guardian notifying them of the remaining balance, and a request may be made for any refund at the school. If the parent/guardian does not request a refund by the end of the same calendar year, the unclaimed balance will be donated to students in need.

This institution is an equal opportunity provider

Weber School District recognizes that the number of students with food allergies has been steadily increasing. Common food allergies include milk, eggs, wheat, soy, fish, peanuts and tree nuts such as pine nuts, pecans, and Brazil nuts.

As a district it is our goal to create a safe environment for students who have food allergies by developing model guidelines to be followed throughout the entire school, including classrooms, cafeterias, computer labs and school playgrounds. Family and Consumer Science (FACS) teachers in the secondary schools will take reasonable precautions when food is prepared in classes where students with allergies are present. The district’s goal is to help your child feel comfortable and safe in the school setting while learning how to manage their own food allergy long term. Students and classmates will have the knowledge to assist in monitoring situations.

Model Guidelines

• Parents should notify teachers, administrators and/or school nurses during enrollment that their child has food allergies.
• Parents should be involved in developing a class plan for dealing with food allergies. All parents and classmates need to be aware of what foods to avoid.
• Parents should provide a list of foods the student should avoid and how to identify them on food labels.
• Parents should provide non-perishable “safe snacks” for their student.
• At home and school avoid cross-contamination; be sure that all students wash their hands before and after eating.
• Desktops and tables should be washed after eating in the classroom.
• Students may be assigned a specific desk or computer that can be sanitized before use.
• Keep information about each food-allergic student in the roster by name so substitute teachers will be aware.
• Know the symptoms of a student’s allergic reaction and know and follow the protocol for emergency response.
• Listen to all complaints from the student and take them seriously.
• Teachers need to take more precautions during field trips. Educate all chaperones on what foods must be avoided, explain the symptoms of an allergic reaction and inform about necessary medications.
• Know the number and location of the nearest hospital.
• Carry a cell phone and let all staff members know where it is kept.
• Designate a staff member to check the safety of food served to the student.

Specific Cafeteria Practices for Students Allergic to Peanuts

In a severe case, a “peanut–free” table could be made available in the cafeteria. Hand sanitizer or alcohol wipes could be available for student use before and after eating.

Medical Exceptions

Substitutions must be made in the meal pattern if individual participating children are unable to eat school meals because of their disabilities, when that need is certified by a licensed physician. The physician's statement must identify:

• The child's disability.
• An explanation of why the disability restricts the child's diet. 
• The major life activity affected by the disability. 
• The food or foods to be omitted from the child's diet, and the food or choice of foods that must be substituted.

Medical food request forms are available in all school kitchens. They need to be on file in the main office and the unit manager’s office in the kitchen.

Menus can be planned to accommodate your student’s medical and food allergy requirements.