Westchester Elementary School

Chartwell’s Computerized Lunch Program

BREAKFAST PROGRAM:

A variety of breakfast entrées, side choices and milk or juice will be offered daily. Students may select an entrée, choice of 2 sides and milk.

LUNCH PROGRAM:

A variety of entrée choices, fruit and vegetable choices, and a variety of milk will be offered daily. Students must select an entrée, choice of 3 side dishes and milk.

ALA CARTE PROGRAM:

Chartwells now offers the “Balanced Choices” program with 100% or more of its ala Carte items being a healthier alternative. The type of items offered: 100% Fruit Juice, Fruit Roll-ups, Fresh Fruit, Goldfish/Cheez-Its crackers, Baked chips, Yogurt, String Cheese, etc.

Students approved for the free/reduced breakfast and lunch program last year will remain approved at their current status until October 4, 2007. Parents/Guardian must complete a new application at the beginning of each school year and be approved to avoid being removed from the program. Please complete the new application and return it to the school as soon as possible. Families eligible for free meals through Direct Certification do not have to submit an application.

The Food Service Department has Winsnap accounting systems. This program tracks student payment and sales information for the current year. The online payment solution is provided by UMB on their secure servers with 128 bit SSL encryption. Payments may be made by credit card or debit card or by debiting your checking account directly. Payments must be made by 11:30 p.m. to be posted for the following day’s use. The Parent/Guardian may contact the school Café Manager to obtain information regarding their student’s account.

• All lines are cashless. Prepayments are to be placed in the school office lock box by 10:00 a.m. Payments received after 10:00 a.m. will be processed on the next day’s business.
• Prepayments can be made online through the District Web site: www.kirkwoodschools.org. This will take you to the Kirkwood School District homepage. Hold the cursor on the “For Parents” selection found on the top menu bar of the web page. A drop down box will appear. Select “Online Payment”.
• Checks should be made payable to: KIRKWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT with the student’s I.D. and amount enclosed in a prepayment envelope.
• Prepayment funds are recommended weekly or monthly, to avoid negative student balances.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MEAL PRICES 2007-08: Breakfast Prices: $1.25 Full Paid, $ .30 Reduced, $.00 Free, and $1.65 Adult Lunch Prices: $2.00 Full Paid, $ .40 Reduced, $.00 Free, $2.60 Adult, and $.50 Milk

BREAKFAST: Weekly-Paid Weekly-Reduced Monthly-Paid Monthly-Reduced $1.35 $0.30 $1.35 $0.30 x 5 days x 5 days x 19 days x 19 days $6.75 $1.50 $25.65 $5.70

LUNCH: Weekly-Paid Weekly-Reduced Monthly-Paid Monthly-Reduced $2.10 $0.40 $2.10 $0.40 x 5 days x 5 days x 19 days x 19 days $ 10.50 $2.00 $39.90 $7.60

Student negative account balance letters will be sent home twice a week. District policy allows students no more than 3 meal charges or $6.60. Any student with a $6.00 negative balance will be given a cheese sandwich sack lunch until payment on account is received.