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Kilgore ISD – Food Services

2011 - 2012

Charge Policy

Head Start – 12th:

Kilgore ISD has a “No Charge” policy. If a student forgets to bring their lunch or lunch money, they may make arrangement with their teacher or principal to contact the cafeteria manager to be allowed to charge their meal that day. This privilege is allowed as a courtesy and allowed only as an exception, not on a regular basis and must be paid back promptly or “charging privileges” will be terminated. Notices will be sent home on a weekly basis to advice parents of charges, but it is the responsibility of the parent or guardian to track their child’s account. If parents do not respond to notices, they will be contacted by phone and/or charging privileges will be terminated.

Any student that does not have charging privileges will be provided a courtesy meal of our choice and a carton of milk. This courtesy meal will be provided for no more than three times during a semester period. If a student has no charging privileges and is no longer eligible to receive a courtesy meal he/she will be directed to their appropriate school office to call their parents to request lunch money or a meal.

Menu Planning Option

Kilgore ISD Food Services follows the “Traditional Food Based Menu Planning” option which requires specific food group components in specific amounts for specific age/grade groups. Menus served must meet the nutrient standards, as well as the meal pattern requirements, but the nutrient analyses of the menus is not required to be performed at the district level. The components of our meals are Meat/Meat Alternate, Vegetable, Fruit, Grains/Breads, and Milk.

Our serving method is “Offer Versus Serve” Traditional. Offer versus serve is a serving method designed to reduce food waste and food costs in the school lunch program without jeopardizing the nutritional integrity of the lunches served. All five required food items are offered, but a student may refuse one or two items that he/she does not intend to eat. The school may not require that certain foods items be taken. The intent of offer versus serve is to allow students to refuse food items they do not intend to consume.

Student Accounts

Parents may prepay funds into their child (ren)’s account. If sending money with a small child, please place the funds in an envelope and note the child’s name and grade in order to credit the appropriate account. Payment envelopes are available upon request for your convenience. Online meal prepayments are available. It is a program that allows parents to access their child (ren)’s lunch account via the internet to view their meal transactions, check account balance or make payments. You may gain access to “My Nutrikids” by going to the district web site (www.kisd.org) and following the additional links under the “Parent Resources” tab or you may go directly to www.MyNutrikids.com. There is a “No Check Cashing” policy. Checks made out to the school cafeteria will be fully applied to a student’s lunch account. Meal account balances at the end of the school year for currently enrolled students will rollover for the following year. If there is a balance in the account of a student that has withdrawn or has an inactive status – the balance will be adjusted to zero if no refund request is submitted at time of withdrawal.

Returned Checks

Kilgore ISD uses a third party agency to collect returned checks. Returned checks will be collected electronically along with the state allowed fee.

Meal Prices