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The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) requires school food authorities to establish written administrative guidelines and procedures for meal charges.

The School Town of Munster Corporation will adhere to the following meal charge procedure.   

1. It is the student’s responsibility to maintain the balance of his or her meal account and the parents’ responsibility to keep a positive meal balance in their students’ accounts.
    
2. Cashiers make every effort to notify students of low and negative account balances.  In addition, weekly messages will be sent via email to remind families when a student’s lunch account has a negative balance.  Ultimately, it is the responsibility of the parents to monitor their student(s) meal account balance. This can be done through the parent portal of Power School or through the school’s online payment program; www.myschoolbucks.com.  
    
3. To make a payment Parents can: • Send cash or check in a sealed envelope with the students name and grade with their child to school, or • Prepay online by visiting www.myschoolbucks.com.  
    
4. If a family has applied for free or reduced-price meals and have a "Pending" application, it is the parent’s responsibility to pay for all school meals until an Approval Letter is received.   *Any charges incurred before the approval of meal assistance must be paid in full by the parent/guardian as applications cannot be applied retroactively.
    
5. If a family’s financial situation has changed, students may qualify for free or reduced lunch assistance. Meal assistance applications can be found on the School Town of Munster website or at the students’ school office.  
    
6. No student will be denied a meal, and no lunch tray will ever be taken from a student. A student may charge to their account as long as they establish and maintain a good credit history of making payments. If a student abuses this policy, written notice will be provided to the parent(s)/guardian(s) and the privilege of charging meals may be refused.  
   - In the event that a student’s meal account balance falls below $0, the student may not charge or purchase "a la carte" item(s), including extra main entrees and extra milk.
   - If a student repeatedly comes to school with no lunch and no money, food service employees must report this to the building principal as this may be a sign of abuse or neglect and the proper authorities should be contacted.  
    
7. The School Town of Munster’s Food Service Department communicates by School Messenger (and/or email alerts) any negative balances in the student’s meal account on a weekly basis. For your convenience, a "low balance notification" email reminder can be setup on www.myschoolbucks.com.
    
8. All accounts must be settled by the end of the school year. Letters will be sent home during the beginning of May to students who have any negative balances. Negative balances of more than $10.00 not paid in full five (5) days after the last day of school will force the School Town of Munster to take-action to collect unpaid funds by means of collection agencies, small claims court, or any other legal method deemed necessary by the Corporation.  
    
9. Graduating students or withdrawn seniors with a lunch/meal account positive balance greater than $10 (ten) will be notified by School Messenger of the options for dispersing the funds.
   - Parents may transfer the funds to another student, donate the money to the STM food service donation fund, or request.
   - If no response is received within fifteen (15) days from the date of the notification, the student’s lunch account will be closed and funds will be forfeited.
   - Graduating and/or withdrawn students with less than $10 in their account will not receive direct notification of positive balances. Balances can be accessed online through My School Bucks or PowerSchool. Parents may opt into any of the options listed above.
   
   *Any unclaimed funds will be transferred to the STM food service donation fund.
   
   Please contact Mrs. Beverly Taylor @ 219.836.3200 ext. 3229 or by email at btaylor@munster.us if you have any questions.

As required by law, the School Board establishes the following wellness policy for the School Corporation as a part of a comprehensive wellness initiative.

The Board recognizes that good nutrition and regular physical activity affect the health and well-being of the Corporation's students. Furthermore, research suggests that there is a positive correlation between a student's health and well-being and his/her ability to learn. Moreover, schools can play an important role in the developmental process by which students establish their health and nutrition habits by providing nutritious meals and snacks through the schools' meal programs, by supporting the development of good eating habits, and by promoting increased physical activity both in and out of school.

The Board, however, believes this effort to support the students' development of healthy behaviors and habits with regard to eating and exercise cannot be accomplished by the schools alone. It will be necessary for not only the staff, but also parents and the public at large to be involved in a community-wide effort to promote, support, and model such healthy behaviors and habits.

The Board sets the following goals in an effort to enable students to establish good health and nutrition habits:

Furthermore, with the objectives of enhancing student health and well-being, and reducing childhood obesity, the following guidelines are established:

1. In accordance with Policy 8500-Food Service, the food service program shall comply with Federal and State regulations pertaining to the selection, preparation, consumption, and disposal of food and beverages as well as to the fiscal management of the program.
2. The sale of foods of minimal nutritional value in the food service area during the lunch period is prohibited.
3. As set forth in Policy 8531-Free and Reduced Price Meals, the guidelines for reimbursable school meals are not less restrictive than the guidelines issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
4. The sale to students of foods and beverages that do not meet the USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the USDA Smart Snacks in School nutrition standards to be consumed on the school campus during the school day is prohibited. Competitive foods available for purchase by students à la carte in the dining area, foods or beverages sold from vending machines, and foods and beverages provided by the school or school staff for classroom parties or holiday celebrations are subject to this prohibition.
5. All foods that are provided, not sold, on the school campus during the school day, including foods and beverages provided for classroom parties or holiday celebrations shall comply with the food and beverage standards approved by the Superintendent.
6. The Food Service Department shall comply with State Law and Indiana Department of Education/Food and Nutrition guidelines.
7. In addition, the food service program:

• Shall serve, through the National School Lunch Program, attractive, nutritious and appealing meals.
• Shall strive to be financially self-supporting; however, if it is necessary to subsidize the operation, it will not be through the sale of foods with minimal nutritional value.
• Will provide all students affordable access to the varied and nutritious foods they need to be healthy and to learn well.
• Will require all food items and beverages available for sale to students for consumption on campus between 12:01 am and thirty (30) minutes after the close of the regular school day shall comply with the current USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the USDA’s Smart Snacks in Schools regulations, including, but not limited to, competitive foods that are available to students à la carte in the dining area, as well as food items and beverages from vending machines, school stores, or fund-raisers by student clubs and organizations, parent groups, or boosters clubs.
• Shall be administered by a director who is properly qualified, certified, licensed, or credentialed, according to current professional standards.
• Shall provide continuing professional development for all food service staff.

The Superintendent shall develop administrative guidelines necessary to implement this policy.

The Superintendent shall appoint a Corporation wellness committee that includes parents, students, representatives of the school food authority, nutritionists or certified dieticians, educational staff (including health and physical education teachers), mental health and social services staff, school health professionals, the School Board, school administrators, and members of the public to oversee the development, implementation, evaluation, and periodic update, if necessary, of the wellness policy. School level health advisory teams may assist in the planning and implementation of these Wellness initiatives.

The wellness committee shall be an ad hoc committee of the Board with members recruited and appointed annually.

The wellness committee may:

• measure the implementation of the Corporation’s wellness policy in each of the Corporation’s schools;
• review the Corporation’s current wellness policy;
• recommend revision of the policy, as appropriate; and
• present the wellness policy, with any recommended revisions, to the Board for approval or re-adoption if revisions are recommended.

Before the end of each school year, the wellness committee shall submit to the Superintendent their report in which they describe the environment in each of the Corporation’s schools and the implementation of the wellness policy in each school, and identify any revisions to the policy the committee deems necessary. In its review, the Wellness Committee shall consider evidence-based strategies in determining its recommendations.

The Superintendent shall report to the Board on the work of the wellness committee, including their assessment of the environment in the Corporation, their evaluation of wellness policy implementation Corporation-wide, and the areas for improvement, if any, that the committee identified. The committee also shall report on the status of compliance by individual schools and progress made in attaining goals established in the policy.

The Superintendent also shall be responsible for informing the public, including parents, students and community members, on the content and implementation of this policy. The wellness policy will be posted on the Corporation's website.

The Corporation shall assess the Wellness Policy at least once every three (3) years on the extent to which schools in the Corporation comply with the Corporation policy and the progress made in attaining the goals of the Corporation Wellness Policy. To ensure continuing progress, the Corporation will evaluate implementation efforts and their impact on students and staff using tools provided by the State and Federal government.