The Food Service Department in the Oxford Hills School District desires to provide students with healthy meals each day and to ensure that the learning process is not impeded in any way because students are hungry. In addition, the department’s goal is to promote responsible student behavior and minimize the fiscal burden to Food Service. 

The intent of this policy is to establish uniform meal account procedures throughout the Oxford Hills School District. While the USDA Child Nutrition Program does not require that a student who pays for regular priced meals be served a meal without payment, SAD 17 Schools provides this policy as a courtesy to those students in the event that they forget or lose their lunch money.

Students will pay for meals at the district’s published standard rate each day. A student will be allowed to charge a maximum of 10 meals to their account after the balance reaches zero. A La Carte purchases must be prepaid or cash at the register, no charging is allowed unless arrangements are made through the Food Service Service Office.

Parents/Guardians are responsible for meal payment to the food service program. Notices of low or deficit balances will be sent to parents/guardians at regular intervals during the school year.

The High School and Middle School cafeterias possess computerized point of sale/cash register systems that maintain records of all monies deposited and spent for each student.

Students/Parents/Guardians pay for meals in advance via Andropay, a check payable to Oxford Hills Food Service or cash. Funds should be maintained in accounts to minimize the possibility that a child may be without meal money on any given day. Any remaining funds for a particular student will be carried over to the next school year. Parents and families are encouraged to apply for free or reduced price lunches for their child.

Balances Owed will continue to be collected throughout the school year. Accounts still owing money on May 15, will be turned into the school resource officer for collection.

Refunds for withdrawn, and graduating students; a written request for a refund of any money remaining in their account must be submitted. An e-mail request is also acceptable. Students who are graduating at the end of the year will be given the option to transfer to a sibling’s account with a written request.  Unclaimed Funds must be requested within one school year.

Unclaimed funds will then become the property of the SAD 17 Food Service Program.

Employees of the District will be allowed to charge meals as long as a signed payroll deduction form has been filled out. Unpaid balances will be deducted from an employee’s check at the end of the school year.