"Charging" Lunches
Each year, students forget, lose, and misuse their lunch money. For this reason, the Board adopts the policy to govern situations when students do not have lunch money or when their lunch accounts have insufficient funds.
The Board shall permit students to incur reasonable charges for meals and parents/guardians shall be contacted for payment.
Unpaid lunch charges for a student shall result in the school withholding the final report card until the charges are paid in full.
The District shall inform students and parents/guardians in writing of the District's policy regarding meal charges.
Meal charges are allowed as follows:
1. Grades K-6 up to ten (10) lunches maybe charged. If no payment is received by the 10th lunch, a "mini meal" will be provided for lunches 11 through 15 or until past due amounts are received. (No lunch will be provided to the student beginning with the 16th day until past due amounts are received).
2. Grades 7-8- Two (2) lunches may be charged. If no payment is received after the second lunch, no meal will be provided
3. Grades 9-12th- NO CHARGING ALLOWED.
4. Adults- NO CHARGING ALLOWED
5. Charging is not permitted for breakfast or a la carte items at any grade level.
Collections:
1. The District will attempt to collect for checks returned for insufficient funds. Following receipt of two (2) returned checks, the student will be required to pay cash for all lunches. The District will utilize the Lancaster County District Attorney's Bad Check Restitution Program to collect the money from "bad checks".
2. If a balance remains outstanding at the end of the school year, the District may contact a collection agency to collect the outstanding amount.