News from the Pirate Kitchen!
I would like to personally welcome the students of the Cochrane-Fountain City School District back for the start of the 2018-2019 school year. I hope everyone enjoyed their time away from school but, hope that you are all excited to return. This note is to explain some new kitchen procedures and it will also highlight some old procedures.
I am excited to introduce a new website for our Breakfast/Lunch Menus, Nutrislice, https://cfc.nutrislice.com/. This web address takes you directly to the C-FC Schools menus. The menu is up and running, but some items are still in need of updates. Menus are broken down by Prek - 6th grade and 7th. 12th grade. By clicking on the age group associated with your child(ren), you will see separate breakfast and lunch menus. This year we are proud to offer 2–3 menu items each day. I hope that this helps to offer something that students like and are excited to eat school lunch each day. The site also calculates nutritional information. If you have a food allergen you can click that allergy and the menu will cross off items with the allergy. Parents are also able to sign up for alerts. Once signed up, changes to the menu will be pushed out to you as they happen. This will be beneficial during the winter months. If we have a snow day, the school nutrition staff will be able to update changes to the menu immediately.
In September of 2017, the C-FC school district implemented a policy regarding negative lunch account balances. The policy states that once a family account reaches -$50.00, their account will be frozen. An alternate meal will not be provided. The parents are responsible for monitoring their account balance, which can be done through Infinite Campus. Warnings are set up through Messenger and are triggered when your balance reaches zero. Each family can set an amount balance reminder within their portal. When this amount is set by the parent, notifications show with a number in the bell in the right corner when you log in to your family portal. (These notifications do not come via text, email or phone call.)
Each student needs to have their picture taken when LifeTouch Photography is here on August 30, 2018 or on picture retake day, October 15, 2018. You will not be required to purchase any pictures. However, with each picture taken the school is presented an ID card which contains a bar code linked to the student's account for us to scan in the lunch line. We require each student have an ID card to come through the line. They can still eat without a card, however the student may be asked to wait until all students with their card have gone through the line. The cashier at the end of the line must verify each meal is reimbursable and credited to the correct student. Scanning and verifying the student's card is the easiest practice for us. This applies to students who will be a senior this year as well. Seniors, please stop on the 30th and get a picture taken so you receive an ID card. Cards from previous years will work for your student as their ID number stays the same.
There will be days that extra items are sold after lunch for the 7th – 12th grade students. These items are classified as ala carte items. (Ala carte items are not covered by the Free/Reduced meal plan and will require funds in the family account to purchase.) These items will be sold after all lunches are served for the final 15 minutes of the 7th – 12th grade lunch period.
Extra entrees (double punching) will be allowed for 7th – 12th grade students for an extra fee. Double punching is not covered by the Free/Reduced meal plan and will require funds in the family account to purchase.
Afterschool lunches will be available. These lunches require the student fill out a request for an afterschool lunch. There are two different costs for these lunches based on the size of the drink the student chooses. The costs this year are $5.00 or $4.50. The afterschool lunch program is not covered by the Free/Reduced meal plan and will require funds in the family account to purchase.
This year, the C-FC Pirate Booster Club has voted not to sponsor game night lunches to students who qualify for Free/Reduced priced meal eligibility. This is a change as these meals have been paid for in the past by the Booster Club. All students will be charged for their afterschool lunch this year. You will have to monitor your family balance through your family portal. Any account that is negative at the time the lunch is signed up for will not receive their afterschool lunch that day.
Thank you for your time. Hopefully, this communication helps you understand some of the things we do and how charges accumulate. Free/Reduced meal applications are available in any school office or by contacting the food nutrition service office. Your benefits from the 2017 - 2018 school year carry over until October 15, 2018 or until you submit a new benefit application. Your meal benefits are determined by the most recent application turned in to the school district. For your application to be considered, you must complete these four steps on the application.
Step 1. List all infants, children and students up to and including grade 12 who are household members.
Step 2. If you receive assistance from any program, check yes. If you check yes, you must submit a case number in the box below.
Step 3. List all household members and any income. Fill out G. total household members. Fill out H. the last four digits of the signer's social security number.
Step 4. Include printed name, address, phone, and email. Please be sure to sign the application.
If anything is missing in any of these four steps, your application will be considered invalid and your benefits will not change.
Randy Knecht
C-FC Food Nutrition Services
S2770 St HWY 35 Fountain City, WI 54629
608-687-8866
rknecht@cfc.k12.wi.us
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