W.C.S.D.
FOOD SERVICES
Dear Parent/Guardian:
Price of lunch for the 2013-14 school year remains the
same.
K-5 $2.50
6-8 $3.00
Milk K-$0.50
The cafeteria at your child’s school is using an
automated cash register system. When students enroll in
any of our district’s schools, they will be assigned a
personal Keypad Number. It is important that each
student memorize his/her Keypad Number as this
number will be used daily in the cafeteria. Keypad
Numbers are confidential; therefore the number should
not be given to any other student. This number will
remain with your student from year to year until they
leave the school. If your child transfers to a new school
within our district, a new Keypad Number will be issued
at that school.
How the system works.
During lunchtime all students purchasing a lunch will
“enter” their confidential Keypad Number on a
keypad. The current money balance in the student’s
meal account will be shown on the computer screen at
the Point of Sale. The cashier will then handle each
student’s transaction appropriately based on his or her
balance.
Money in a student’s meal account may not be used to
purchase A la Carte items without written permission
from a student’s parent/guardian. Cash for snacks is still
required at this time.
All students, eligible for subsidized meals or not, are
assigned a number to participate in the lunch program.
This protects the anonymity of those students receiving
Free or Reduced Meals.
Parents can always request a detailed report on their
child’s account and meal transactions, at anytime.
Requests should be made to the Cafeteria Manager at
your child’s school.
The balance of a student’s lunch account, whether it is in
the positive or negative at the end of the year, will roll
over to the next school year. For those students who
transfer from one school to another school within the
district, their lunch account balance (negative or
positive) will be transferred to the new school, and will
be available within a few days.
Students leaving the district will receive a refund for the
balance of their account, upon written request from the
student’s parent/guardian. Refunds of twenty dollars
and under will be made in cash at the school site. For
larger refunds a check will be issued by the District Food
Service office and mailed to your home. Refunds can be
requested up to the end of the following school year.
How to make deposits into your child’s account.
Cash, checks or money orders will be accepted; please
make check payable to WCSD Cafeteria. Prepayments
may either be turned into your school secretary (at the
elementary schools) or directly to the Cafeteria
Managers at each site. Prepayments can also be made
with a debit/credit card through PAYPAMS at
www.PayPAMS.com . Students paying cash for their
lunch will pay at the point of sale while entering his/her
Keypad Number.
*Prepayments are encouraged to insure your child
will receive a meal in the event that money is lost or a
bag lunch is forgotten.
BORROWED LUNCH PROCEDURES
Please read the following guidelines regarding borrowed
lunches.
 K-8 students will be told verbally that they have used
their last pre-paid lunch.
 K-5 students may only borrow one lunch until their debt
has been paid.
(Students at WCI are not allowed to borrow).
 The K-5 cafeteria managers will call the parents and
advise when a student has borrowed a lunch.
 A student with a negative balance will not be allowed to
borrow a second lunch. Fruits, vegetables and milk will
be offered at no charge, so they will not go hungry.
Borrowed lunches should be paid back ASAP,
Thank you, for your support
Pam Vandergroen
Supervisor of Food Services 943-2691