Changes to Food Service Payments and Account Information

The Food Service program has moved from Wordware to Infinite Campus. Lunch balances can now be viewed and paid by logging into the Parent Portal.

Online educational benefit applications can also be filled out on Parent Portal.

The Food Service module allows you to:

• View each child’s lunch account balance
  • Household accounts have now been split into individual accounts
• Add money to each child’s account individually
• Set up automatic payments
• Set up a low balance notification
• See what meals and food items were purchased

All charges and payments will now be available in real time, instead of needing to update overnight.

We do have the capability of blocking ala carte purchases. To set restrictions for your child, please contact the Food Services Director, Teri Jesperson, at 507-233-6186.

Free School Meals for Kids Program

A school lunch is made up of five components: meat/meat alternative, grain, fruit, vegetable, and/or milk.

• In order to receive a free lunch, a students needs to take at least 3 components, one being a half cup of fruit or vegetables

If lunch is free, what could a student be charged for?

• Once a student has eaten their free lunch for the day, they will be charged for any additional items taken (extra entrée, extra milk, etc.)
• When a milk is taken all by itself, without taking the main entrée and fruit/vegetables
  • This usually happens when a child brings lunch from home but takes a school milk
• The Middle School and High School offer additional items for purchase for a charge.
  • Examples of these items include
    • Cookies
    • Chips
    • Bottled Juice
    • Bottled Water