EE: Food Services Management

A Food Service Supervisor will be hired by the board to oversee the district's food service program.

Sanitation Inspections

The building principal and the Food Service Supervisor will inspect each kitchen and lunchroom to ensure that proper sanitation procedures are being followed.

Records

The supervisor or his/her designee will be responsible for keeping food service records required by state and federal laws and regulations.

The supervisor will be under the supervision of the Superintendent or his/her designee and will have control over all aspects of the district's food service programs subject to board policy, rules and state and federal regulations.

Meal Prices

Meal prices will be determined by the board.

Free and Reduced Price Meals

Parents or guardians of all students attending schools participating in federal school meal programs must be informed in writing of the availability of reimbursable school meals and provided with information about eligibility and the process for applying for free or reduced price meals on or before the start of school each year pursuant to the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. The Superintendent or his/her designee will be responsible for the oversight of this program.

Meal charging requirements at Auburn-Washburn Secondary Buildings are as follows:

A meal account for students paying full or reduced price for meals may be established with the district. Payment for charges to the student's account is the responsibility of the parent or guardian. Students may charge no more than negative ($25.00) to this account. This negative balance will be considered "Delinquent Debt." Charging of a la carte or extra items to this account will not be permitted if the account has a negative balance of $5.00 or more.

Once a student's balance reaches the negative $25.00 amount, daily notification will be made to the student's parent or guardian. The district will continue to provide meals to the student until the negative amount reaches $50.00. When the "Delinquent Debt" reaches an amount at or above the negative $50.00, district administration will be authorized to use additional resources to make contact with the parent or guardian to encourage them to provide for their student's meal needs.

Balances at or above the negative $25.00 amount at the end of a semester will be determined to be "Bad Debt". At that point district administration will be authorized to submit the debt to the district approved collections process.

The district will provide a copy of this unpaid meal charges policy in writing to all households at or before the start of school each year and to families and students that transfer into the district at the time of transfer. The terms of this policy will also be communicated to all district staff responsible for enforcing any aspect of the policy. Records of how and when it is communicated to households and staff will be retained.

Meal charging requirements at Auburn-Washburn Elementary Buildings are as follows:

A meal account for students paying full or reduced price for meals may be established with the district. Payment for charges to the student's account is the responsibility of the parent or guardian. Students may charge no more than negative ($25.00) to this account. This negative balance will be considered "Delinquent Debt".

Once a student's balance reaches this point, daily notification will be made to the student's parent or guardian. The district will continue to provide meals to the student until the negative amount reaches $50.00. When the "Delinquent Debt" reaches an amount at or above the negative $50.00, district administration will be authorized to use additional resources to make contact with the parent or guardian to encourage them to provide for their student's meal needs.

If the meal account balance is at or above the negative $25.00 amount at the end of a semester, the debt will be determined to be "Bad Debt". At that point district administration will be authorized to submit the debt to the district approved collections process.

The district will provide a copy of this unpaid meal charges policy in writing to all households at or before the start of school each year and to families and students that transfer into the district at the time of transfer. The terms of this policy will also be communicated to all district staff responsible for enforcing any aspect of the policy. Records of how and when it is communicated to households and staff will be retained.