Prices & Payments

Upon enrollment with the district, a personal lunch account is generated for each student. Funds may be deposited into your student's account which is only accessible by a PIN (or keypad) number assigned specifically to him or her. This account works like a debit account and funds should be available before your student may purchase a lunch or other ala carte item.

Parents may view the current school year's purchase history and balance of the student's account on Skyward Family Access.

Ala Carte Pricing (Middle and High Schools only) 

A complete listing of ala carte pricing and items is located here. We highly encourage parents to discuss personal spending limits and permissible items with their students prior to allowing purchases. Please note that students with zero or negative account balances will not be permitted to charge ala carte items. Funds must be available in a student's account or payment submitted by cash to purchase these items. Please see the Charging Policy below for additional details.

Lunch Account Payment Methods

Parents or guardians may deposit funds into their student's account through the following methods:

• Personal check or cash sent in with student to the school. Make all personal checks out to
  "Your Student's School Building - Student Nutrition" (example: Horizon Elementary - Student Nutrition). Please list your child's full name in the memo line.
• E-Funds online payment with credit card or bank account. Through Skyward Family Access, you may submit an online payment. All payments made before 7:30am will credited on the same day as deposit.
  To ensure funds are available in your student's account, please process all online payments at least 48 hours before funds are needed.

If paying by personal check or cash, you may combine payments for siblings in the same building. Separate checks are necessary for students in different buildings due to accounting systems.

• Example 1: Two brothers at Riverview may submit one check to the cafeteria. Be sure to indicate the amount requested for each student's account in the memo line.
• Example 2: Two sisters with one at Starside Elementary, one at Lexington Trails Middle School. Two separate checks must be sent to the schools - one with each student - for payment on each lunch account.

Students may not use other student's accounts (including siblings' accounts) to pay for meals or ala carte purchases. If you would like to request a transfer from one sibling's account to another, please contact the lead cashier in your student's building. Click here for our contact list.

Returned Checks / Payments

Our banking partners will typically submit a check at least two times for payment. In the event a personal check is returned for insufficient funds, the amount of the check will be deducted from your student's lunch account. The Student Nutrition office will also contact the parent or guardian via email and/or letter.

In the event that an E-Funds payment is returned for insufficient funds or other transaction errors, funds will deducted from your student's lunch account effective on the original date of payment. The Student Nutrition office will also contact the parent or guardian via email and/or letter.

In either case, prompt payment to replace any necessary funds is expected at the time of notification.

USD 232 Student Nutrition Charging Policy

Elementary
Students may charge up to three meals (3 at any one time). After three charges a student will be offered a cheese sandwich and white milk at no charge. Reminder notices are sent via email to parents of elementary students.

Middle / High School
Students may charge up to three meals (3 at any one time). After three charges students will be offered a cheese sandwich and white milk at no charge. Charging of ala carte items is not permitted at any time.

Parents may view the current school year's purchase history and balance of their child's account on Skyward Family Access.