{"id":84,"date":"2015-07-08T14:23:14","date_gmt":"2015-07-08T18:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stjohns.k12.fl.us\/food\/?page_id=84"},"modified":"2025-08-25T13:56:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T17:56:32","slug":"guide","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stjohns.k12.fl.us\/food\/","title":{"rendered":"Food and Nutrition Services Parent Info Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"84\" class=\"elementor elementor-84\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4bad969a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4bad969a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3e3f8c3d\" data-id=\"3e3f8c3d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21d6895b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"21d6895b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<table style=\"width: 90.8024%;margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px;height: 448px\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 55px\">\n<td style=\"width: 110%;height: 55px\" colspan=\"2\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">MEAL PRICES for 2025-2026<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 51px\">\n<td style=\"width: 70%;height: 51px\">Elementary School Breakfast<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 40%;text-align: right;height: 51px\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">$1.75<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 46px\">\n<td style=\"width: 70%;height: 46px\">Middle &amp; High School Breakfast<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 40%;text-align: right;height: 46px\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">$1.75<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 46px\">\n<td style=\"width: 70%;height: 46px\">Reduced Price Breakfast<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 40%;text-align: right;height: 46px\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">$0.30<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 46px\">\n<td style=\"width: 70%;height: 46px\">Elementary School Lunch<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 40%;text-align: right;height: 46px\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">$3.25<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 46px\">\n<td style=\"width: 70%;height: 46px\">Middle &amp; High School Lunch<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 40%;text-align: right;height: 46px\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">$3.50<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 46px\">\n<td style=\"width: 70%;height: 46px\">Reduced Price Lunch<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 40%;text-align: right;height: 46px\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">$0.40<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 46px\">\n<td style=\"width: 70%;height: 46px\">Adult Breakfast<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 40%;text-align: right;height: 46px\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">$2.75<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 46px\">\n<td style=\"width: 70%;height: 46px\">Adult Lunch<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 40%;text-align: right;height: 46px\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">$5.00<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 46px\">\n<td style=\"width: 70%;height: 10px\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 40%;text-align: right;height: 10px\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<h3>How do students access their Prepaid School Meal Account at school?<\/h3>\n<p>All students will receive a personal identification number (PIN) for their prepaid school meal account from their homeroom teacher or the Food Service Manager at the beginning of the school year. This can range from a three to five-digit number. Your student should memorize this number and not share with any other students as this number is directly tied to their personal school meal account. Your student will use this PIN number until they leave their current school but the remaining balance, positive or negative, will follow the student to any school in which they are enrolled throughout the school district. A new PIN will be assigned to a student if they enroll at a new school. Student identification scanners are used at many schools and must be used to access their school meal account. Please check with your student or your Food Service Manager.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Prepaid School Meal Account Balance Policy<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>No student will be denied a school meal because of a negative prepaid school meal account balance. <strong>As a result, debt will continue to accumulate on any student\u2019s account with a negative balance but still choosing to receive program school meals. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Middle and High school students will be informed when their prepaid school meal account balance is less than $10.00.<\/li>\n<li>At $0 balance, no \u00e0 la carte purchases are permitted without cash in hand.<\/li>\n<li>Once the student\u2019s prepaid school meal account balance is at or below $0, this information will be communicated to the parent(s) or guardian via Parent Square\/text, email, and\/or phone call at least two times per month.<\/li>\n<li>An application for free or reduced school meals will be offered to the parent\/guardian.<\/li>\n<li>Once a negative balance of $25.00 is exceeded, the food service manager will seek assistance from the school administration to communicate with the parent and document the activity.<\/li>\n<li>FNS Department will work with District level student services if the parent\/guardian does not respond to school administration inquiries regarding unpaid school meal account debt.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>You can set up an account with <a href=\"https:\/\/paypams.com\/\">PayPAMS<\/a> to review a student&#8217;s account balance and activity.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><em>**The Student Prepaid School Meal Account Balance Policy detailed above can be printed for reference by all applicable households.<\/em><br><em>**No student will be overtly identified as a recipient of any level of school meal benefits.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\">\u00c0 LA CARTE ITEMS:<\/h3>\n<p>Many of the schools provide specialty, \u00c0 la Carte items. These items range in price and are not included in the paid, free or reduced priced &#8220;school breakfast or lunch&#8221;. All customers may purchase \u00e0 la carte items with cash or by using their school meal&nbsp; account.<\/p>\n<h3>Free and Reduced Priced Meal Application REMINDER:<\/h3>\n<p>Parents are encouraged to complete one Free and Reduced Price School Meal Application per family including all children in household, rather than one per child. The application can be obtained ON LINE at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stjohns.k12.fl.us\/food\/free\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.stjohns.K12.fl.us\/food\/free<\/a>&nbsp; and completed online by following the link to on line Free and Reduced Price School Meal Application. Schools have limited availability of printed applications. This single application for the family may be returned to any of the District schools where parents have a child\/children enrolled; we prefer that parents return the application to the school where their youngest child is enrolled. The schools will be sending all completed applications to the District School Food Services Office for centralized approval. <strong>Until the application is processed and approved by the District Food Service Office, any meal charges will be the responsibility of the adult\/guardian<\/strong>. The approval process can take up to ten (10) days.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Your student\u2019(s) meal status (free or reduced) at the end of a school year will continue through the first 30 days of the next school year, or until a new application or eligibility status is on file. Unless a new School Meal Application has been processed and approved by the 30th day of school, your student\u2019(s) meal status will revert to PAID. You may complete a school meal application at any time during the school year.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">PLEASE NOTE:<br><\/span><\/strong>Students attending a CEP (Community Eligibility Provision) school will <strong>not<\/strong> be required to fill out an Application for Free and Reduces school meals. All students eat at no cost at those particular schools. If there is a sibling in the household that attends a non-CEP school, then an application will need to be completed for that student.<br>CEP schools are as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Crookshank Elementary School<\/p>\n<p>James A. Webster Elementary School<\/p>\n<p>Ketterlinus Elementary<\/p>\n<p>Gamble Rogers Middle School<\/p>\n<p>Mason Elementary School<\/p>\n<p>Sebastian Middle School<\/p>\n<p>Murray Middle School<\/p>\n<p>Osceola Elementary School<\/p>\n<p>South Woods Elementary School<\/p>\n<p>St. Johns Technical High School<\/p>\n<p>First Coast Technical College (FCTC VPK Program)<\/p>\n<p>The Evelyn Hamblen Center<\/p>\n<p>W. D. Hartley Elementary School<\/p>\n<h3>PREPAYMENT FOR FOOD ITEMS:<\/h3>\n<p>Prepayments to your student&#8217;s school meal account with a debit or credit card can be made. Just log on to <a href=\"https:\/\/paypams.com\/\">www.paypams.com<\/a>. Payment can also be received by the food service manager in form of check or cash. If check is used, please indicate students\u2019 name and student personal identification number (PIN) on the check in the memo section. Prepayment is encouraged as it assists in movement of students through the line.<\/p>\n<h3>FOOD ALLERGIES:<\/h3>\n<p>If your child has food allergies, please provide the school nurse with a physician\u2019s note indicating the allergies and the appropriate substitutions that are recommended by the physician or medical authority.<\/p>\n<h3>COMMUNICATION WITH THE FOOD SERVICE MANAGER:<\/h3>\n<p>The food service manager is on site prior to the school starting to begin breakfast meal preparation and departs from the school upon completion of lunch. Inquires should be made <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>prior<\/strong><\/span> to meal service time or immediately after meal service. Please check with your school to determine the best time to contact the food service manager in the event that you have questions.<\/p>\n<h3>PARENTAL RESTRICTIONS:<\/h3>\n<p>Restrictions can be placed on your student\u2019s prepaid school meal account. Once restrictions are placed, they cannot be removed unless the parent provides the food service manager with a letter asking for the restrictions to be removed.<\/p>\n<h3>REFUNDS:<\/h3>\n<p>Refunds less than $20.00 can be issued through the Food Service Manager of your school`s cafeteria and require a written request. Refunds for amounts higher that this should be requested through the Food and Nutrition department at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stjohns.k12.fl.us\/food\/cafeteria-refunds\/\">https:\/\/www.stjohns.k12.fl.us\/food\/cafeteria-refunds\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>ACCOUNT BALANCES:<\/h3>\n<p>Student school meal account balances can be obtained at <a href=\"https:\/\/paypams.com\/\">www.paypams.com<\/a> &nbsp;at no charge. Your student\u2019s school meal account balance, either positive or negative, from the previous school year will roll into the new school year unless a refund has been requested.<\/p>\n<h3>MENU:<\/h3>\n<p>Menus can be found on the St Johns County School District Website at <a href=\"https:\/\/schools.mealviewer.com\/district\/StJohnsFL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.stjohns.k12.fl.us<\/a> under the Food &amp; Nutrition Services Department tab.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; MEAL PRICES for 2025-2026 Elementary School Breakfast $1.75 Middle &amp; High School Breakfast $1.75 Reduced Price Breakfast $0.30 Elementary School Lunch $3.25 Middle &amp; High School Lunch $3.50 Reduced Price Lunch $0.40 Adult Breakfast $2.75 Adult Lunch $5.00 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; How do students access their Prepaid School Meal Account at school? 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