CAFETERIA AND LUNCH/RECESS
Marietta Middle School has a CLOSED LUNCH PERIOD.
Parents may pay for lunch by depositing money into their child’s account. Money may be deposited by cash, checks made payable to AVI or may be deposited directly into an account on-line. Parents will be given a website and a password so they may access their child’s account. Parents may deposit as frequently as they want and may also set up an automatic transfer into their child’s account when it reaches a certain level. Additionally, parents may access information that tracks what their child is eating. Parents may set limits on the items their child is allowed to purchase. AVI cannot charge or loan lunch money. Free or reduced-price breakfast and lunch are available for qualified students. Applications are available to all students at the beginning of the year or may be picked up in the school office throughout the year. Students may bring lunch from home.
Lunch RULES:
Be Safe: Stay seated until dismissed, always walk, and leave in a quiet and orderly manner.
Be Responsible: Following directions of the lunch monitors/staff, waiting your turn in a single file line, and using an inside voice and only kind words/actions to peers and staff.
Be Respectful: Make sure your area is clean and all trash is thrown away in a trash can, only 8 people sitting at your table, and have a pass to leave the cafeteria.
PROCEDURES for Lunch:
Recess RULES:
Be Safe: Keep hands, feet, and other objects to yourself, follow all the rules of the games, and line up orderly when the whistle blows.
Be Responsible: Make sure games are put away and all trash is thrown away in a trash can, protecting and taking care of property, staying in supervised areas.
Be Respectful: Listen to and follow adult directions, wait your turn while playing games, and properly use equipment.
PROCEDURES for Recess:
The Free and Reduced-Price Lunch Program
Free and reduced-price lunches are available to students who qualify and meet the eligibility guidelines. Students who qualified last school year are automatically qualified through the first 30 days of the new school year. However, a new application must be completed for this school year. Applications will be available this school year:
If you received a Direct Certification Eligibility Notification Letter you DO NOT need to complete an application for school meal benefits. Please Note: Parents are still responsible for school lunch payment until the Free or Reduced applications have been determined.
Applications are accepted any time during the school year. Parents who have any change in employment or income during any time of the year may apply for benefits.
No child is discriminated against because of race, sex, color, national origin, age, or handicap.
2018-2019 Lunch Prices
Our food service program must be self-supporting through the payment for student meals. We do our best to keep the lunch prices reasonable and offer the highest quality meals and service to your child each day. Each meal includes five components: an entree with two - three oz. of meat or meat alternative (cheese/peanut butter/casseroles, etc.) and one-two servings of bread, a serving of fruit and a serving of vegetables (or two different fruits or two different vegetables) and an 8 oz. container of milk. To make a meal, students must take at least three of the five components, one of those being a fruit or vegetable. We encourage students to take all five components to receive the greater value for the cost. Extra entrées may be purchased as well as a variety of ala carte items.
Breakfast prices for Marietta Middle and High School are $1.25 and a second breakfast is $1.50
Lunch prices for Marietta Middle and High School are $2.25 or $2.75
For those who qualify, the price for a reduced-price lunch is $.40
Additional Milk is $.75
Paying for Lunches
Marietta City Schools has a computerized point-of-sale (POS) system that makes paying for meals SO MUCH EASIER! Families do not need to worry about sending money every day and be concerned about it getting lost.
Benefits of using the Point-of-Sale (POS) System
How does the point-of-sale system work?
Each student has his/her own STUDENT MEAL ACCOUNT, complete with a student identification number/PIN. The account may be accessed by entering the ID/PIN number on a numeric keypad at the cash register station. The student’s photo appears on the screen when the ID/PIN number is entered. The cashier is required to verify the student’s identity before ringing the sale and an automatic withdrawal occurs from the student’s meal account. Money can be deposited into the account at any time, as often as needed.
How do I put money on my students account?
Pay For It
Marietta City Schools has implemented a credit card-based pre-payment system. Parents can use the link on the school website or log on to www.payforit.net to register their new account. We highly recommend that you use this method of payment. With this method you will have no worries about lost or stolen checks or cash or weather your student gets their lunch money to the cafeteria on time.
Other benefits of the Pay For It system are you are able to access your student's lunch balance, see what days they have eaten lunch and what ala carte items they have purchased. You can also set up Pay For It to e-mail you when your student's balance is low.
Checks
The cafeteria accepts checks for lunch money. When you send a check, you need to include your student's first and last name on the memo line of the check. If the check is paying for more than one child please include both students' names and how much you would like credited to each student (this can only be done within one building). We only recommend this method of payment for households that do not have internet access. With this method you will have to worry about whether your student gets the check to the cafeteria.
Cash
Of course, the cafeteria accepts cash for lunch money. This is the least favorable method of paying for your students' lunch. With this method there is no way to track cash if the money does not make it to your student account.
What is the Charging policy?
Charging refers to any time a student does not have enough money to cover his or her meal at the point of sale. Snacks and ala carte items cannot be charged.
Students with an outstanding balance, will be offered an alternate meal, a cheese sandwich/or Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich and a milk, for $2.25 It is still the parent's responsibility for payment of these alternate meals.
Regardless of outstanding charges incurred, students K-8, with money-in-hand, will not be
denied a meal.
Please make every attempt to replenish your student's account prior to a $0.00 balance. Pre-
payment for meals is strongly recommended.
Account balances are the responsibility of the students and parents.
What if my child still has money in his/her account at the end of the school year?
We will carry your child’s balance to the next school year. Should families move from the school district, money remaining on student meal accounts will be refunded to the parent or guardian. Please contact the Food and Nutrition office at 740-376-2472 for information regarding the request for a student account refund.
What if I have a question regarding my child’s account or account balance?
You may call the Food and Nutrition office at 740-376-2472, and we will gladly answer any questions you have concerning your child’s account. If further research is needed to answer your question, we will be sure to contact you in a timely manner.
If I lost the monthly menu, how can we find out what’s for lunch?
You can check online at http://mariettacityschools.k12.oh.us/. Or call the School Office or Food Service Office at 740-376-2472 for assistance.
Food Allergies - Important Notice
Parents of students with allergies: Please notify the Food and Nutrition office at 740-376-2472 of any student with food allergies, a copy of the doctor’s order will be kept on file in the foodservice department and will also be noted on our cash register system, alerting staff. A highlighted notice is put on your child’s account in the dietary notes with the list of food restrictions. Please contact us if your child has any food allergies or restrictions.
Students who are lactose intolerant must have a written notice from a health care professional in order to receive a fruit drink in place of milk. USDA guidelines prohibit serving substitute drinks to students without written medical directives from a medical authority. Notes from parents requesting any beverage other than milk are not acceptable under USDA guidelines of the National School Lunch Program.
For more information about breakfast and lunch pricing, offerings, and policies, click here.
Marietta Middle School has a CLOSED LUNCH PERIOD.
Parents may pay for lunch by depositing money into their child’s account. Money may be deposited by cash, checks made payable to AVI or may be deposited directly into an account on-line. Parents will be given a website and a password so they may access their child’s account. Parents may deposit as frequently as they want and may also set up an automatic transfer into their child’s account when it reaches a certain level. Additionally, parents may access information that tracks what their child is eating. Parents may set limits on the items their child is allowed to purchase. AVI cannot charge or loan lunch money. Free or reduced-price breakfast and lunch are available for qualified students. Applications are available to all students at the beginning of the year or may be picked up in the school office throughout the year. Students may bring lunch from home.
Lunch RULES:
Be Safe: Stay seated until dismissed, always walk, and leave in a quiet and orderly manner.
Be Responsible: Following directions of the lunch monitors/staff, waiting your turn in a single file line, and using an inside voice and only kind words/actions to peers and staff.
Be Respectful: Make sure your area is clean and all trash is thrown away in a trash can, only 8 people sitting at your table, and have a pass to leave the cafeteria.
PROCEDURES for Lunch:
- There is no running, throwing food or getting up from the table prior to dismissal.
- Use quiet tones to keep down noise level. No yelling.
- Eat during your assigned lunch period.
- Students may be assigned seating by lunch duty personnel.
- Only eight students may be seated at a table.
- Glass containers are not permitted.
- Energy drinks are not permitted during breakfast or lunch.
- Clean up after yourself and place all trash in cans as you leave the cafeteria for social time.
- Students must have permission to be dismissed from their table to recess.
- Leave in a quiet and orderly manner.
- Students must have a pass to travel in the building.
Recess RULES:
Be Safe: Keep hands, feet, and other objects to yourself, follow all the rules of the games, and line up orderly when the whistle blows.
Be Responsible: Make sure games are put away and all trash is thrown away in a trash can, protecting and taking care of property, staying in supervised areas.
Be Respectful: Listen to and follow adult directions, wait your turn while playing games, and properly use equipment.
PROCEDURES for Recess:
- Food, candy, or drink may NOT be taken from the cafeteria after lunch.
- Stay in the designated play area. Respect and follow instructions of supervisors.
- Use restrooms and water fountains on the first floor or gym lobby before going outside for recess.
The Free and Reduced-Price Lunch Program
Free and reduced-price lunches are available to students who qualify and meet the eligibility guidelines. Students who qualified last school year are automatically qualified through the first 30 days of the new school year. However, a new application must be completed for this school year. Applications will be available this school year:
- Online at the Marietta City School website
- From the school building secretaries
- Or call (740) 376-2472 and request a form to be sent home with your student
If you received a Direct Certification Eligibility Notification Letter you DO NOT need to complete an application for school meal benefits. Please Note: Parents are still responsible for school lunch payment until the Free or Reduced applications have been determined.
Applications are accepted any time during the school year. Parents who have any change in employment or income during any time of the year may apply for benefits.
No child is discriminated against because of race, sex, color, national origin, age, or handicap.
2018-2019 Lunch Prices
Our food service program must be self-supporting through the payment for student meals. We do our best to keep the lunch prices reasonable and offer the highest quality meals and service to your child each day. Each meal includes five components: an entree with two - three oz. of meat or meat alternative (cheese/peanut butter/casseroles, etc.) and one-two servings of bread, a serving of fruit and a serving of vegetables (or two different fruits or two different vegetables) and an 8 oz. container of milk. To make a meal, students must take at least three of the five components, one of those being a fruit or vegetable. We encourage students to take all five components to receive the greater value for the cost. Extra entrées may be purchased as well as a variety of ala carte items.
Breakfast prices for Marietta Middle and High School are $1.25 and a second breakfast is $1.50
Lunch prices for Marietta Middle and High School are $2.25 or $2.75
For those who qualify, the price for a reduced-price lunch is $.40
Additional Milk is $.75
Paying for Lunches
Marietta City Schools has a computerized point-of-sale (POS) system that makes paying for meals SO MUCH EASIER! Families do not need to worry about sending money every day and be concerned about it getting lost.
Benefits of using the Point-of-Sale (POS) System
- Staff and Students receive faster service in checkout lines.
- Full-pay, reduced, and Free Meal Status accounts are handled in the same manner.
- Detailed information and meal account reports available to families through the Pay-For-It.
- Accurate records for state and federal reporting purposes are generated.
How does the point-of-sale system work?
Each student has his/her own STUDENT MEAL ACCOUNT, complete with a student identification number/PIN. The account may be accessed by entering the ID/PIN number on a numeric keypad at the cash register station. The student’s photo appears on the screen when the ID/PIN number is entered. The cashier is required to verify the student’s identity before ringing the sale and an automatic withdrawal occurs from the student’s meal account. Money can be deposited into the account at any time, as often as needed.
How do I put money on my students account?
Pay For It
Marietta City Schools has implemented a credit card-based pre-payment system. Parents can use the link on the school website or log on to www.payforit.net to register their new account. We highly recommend that you use this method of payment. With this method you will have no worries about lost or stolen checks or cash or weather your student gets their lunch money to the cafeteria on time.
Other benefits of the Pay For It system are you are able to access your student's lunch balance, see what days they have eaten lunch and what ala carte items they have purchased. You can also set up Pay For It to e-mail you when your student's balance is low.
Checks
The cafeteria accepts checks for lunch money. When you send a check, you need to include your student's first and last name on the memo line of the check. If the check is paying for more than one child please include both students' names and how much you would like credited to each student (this can only be done within one building). We only recommend this method of payment for households that do not have internet access. With this method you will have to worry about whether your student gets the check to the cafeteria.
Cash
Of course, the cafeteria accepts cash for lunch money. This is the least favorable method of paying for your students' lunch. With this method there is no way to track cash if the money does not make it to your student account.
What is the Charging policy?
Charging refers to any time a student does not have enough money to cover his or her meal at the point of sale. Snacks and ala carte items cannot be charged.
Students with an outstanding balance, will be offered an alternate meal, a cheese sandwich/or Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich and a milk, for $2.25 It is still the parent's responsibility for payment of these alternate meals.
Regardless of outstanding charges incurred, students K-8, with money-in-hand, will not be
denied a meal.
Please make every attempt to replenish your student's account prior to a $0.00 balance. Pre-
payment for meals is strongly recommended.
Account balances are the responsibility of the students and parents.
What if my child still has money in his/her account at the end of the school year?
We will carry your child’s balance to the next school year. Should families move from the school district, money remaining on student meal accounts will be refunded to the parent or guardian. Please contact the Food and Nutrition office at 740-376-2472 for information regarding the request for a student account refund.
What if I have a question regarding my child’s account or account balance?
You may call the Food and Nutrition office at 740-376-2472, and we will gladly answer any questions you have concerning your child’s account. If further research is needed to answer your question, we will be sure to contact you in a timely manner.
If I lost the monthly menu, how can we find out what’s for lunch?
You can check online at http://mariettacityschools.k12.oh.us/. Or call the School Office or Food Service Office at 740-376-2472 for assistance.
Food Allergies - Important Notice
Parents of students with allergies: Please notify the Food and Nutrition office at 740-376-2472 of any student with food allergies, a copy of the doctor’s order will be kept on file in the foodservice department and will also be noted on our cash register system, alerting staff. A highlighted notice is put on your child’s account in the dietary notes with the list of food restrictions. Please contact us if your child has any food allergies or restrictions.
Students who are lactose intolerant must have a written notice from a health care professional in order to receive a fruit drink in place of milk. USDA guidelines prohibit serving substitute drinks to students without written medical directives from a medical authority. Notes from parents requesting any beverage other than milk are not acceptable under USDA guidelines of the National School Lunch Program.
For more information about breakfast and lunch pricing, offerings, and policies, click here.