Nutrition Services

• Student breakfast: free
• Student lunch: free
• Additional milk: .60 cents
• Extra entree (grades 6-12): $2.25
• Second breakfast (grades 6-12): $2.65
• Second lunch (grades 6-12): $5
• À la carte (grades 6-12): Prices vary
• Adult lunch: $5
• Adult breakfast: $2.65

MealViewer

• Check out what’s being served for breakfast and lunch.
• View nutrition and allergy information.
• Visit the MealViewer website or download the app (Apple | Google Play).

Does your child have food allergies?

If you set up a MealViewer profile for your child, you can save food allergens to their profile and receive an alert when an allergen is present on the menu. This helps alert you to a potentially dangerous situation for your child.

SchoolPay

• View your child’s meal balance and purchase history.
• Set automatic reminders when the account gets low.
• Make one-time payments or create automatic payments to your child’s account.
• Access payments through your ParentVUE account or through the SchoolPay website.
  • If you have a ParentVUE account, simply log in and click on the fees tab and you will be automatically logged in to SchoolPay. From there you can see fees and set up meal payments.
  • If you don’t have a ParentVUE account, please email parentvue@richfieldpublicschools.samanage.com and you will be contacted with an activation key that you can use to set up a ParentVUE account. ParentVUE is your one-stop-shop for attendance, grades and fee information. 
  • If students, grandparents or others want to make payments, then they should create a SchoolPay account directly and connect to the student. 

ParentVUE

• To set up reminders about your child's lunch balance or automatic payments, follow these steps:
  • Log into your ParentVUE account.
  • Select "Fee" and then "Pay Fees" to be directed to the SchoolPay portal. You can also access this directly by logging into SchoolPay directly.
  • Select the "Food Service" tab.
  • Under "Manage Funds" you can set up reminders or automatic payments.

Notifications

• When a student's account balance drops below -$0.05, we send an alert to parents via email, robocall and text. Please ensure your contact information is up-to-date in ParentVUE. These messages are automatically generated and are sent on Mondays and Thursdays during the school year. 
• When a student's account balance drops below -$0.05, we send a letter in your child’s backpack every week (if your child is in elementary school) or a mailed letter every two weeks (if your child is in grades 6-12).
• If you are having difficulty making payments, please notify our staff. We may be able to assist you with funds from the Sunshine Account, as well as other resources.

Meal Charging Policy

USDA guidelines state that all districts must administer a Meal Charge Policy to aid in maintaining the financial integrity of the nonprofit school food service account. All families of students will be notified prior to the meal account becoming negative in an effort to reduce or eliminate meal charging. Best efforts will be given to identify families who need financial assistance. Families with students who have negative meal account balances will be strongly encouraged to apply for free or reduced-price meals. When families keep their child's meal account positive, there are more funds available to provide higher quality food for all. 

Lactose intolerance: If your child is lactose intolerant, please contact the Director of Food & Nutrition or send a note to the Nutrition Manager at your child's school requesting an alternative to cow's milk. Our electronic system will alert the nutrition services staff of this request and alternatives will be provided until we are informed otherwise.

Special dietary requests: If your child has special dietary requests, please have their medical doctor complete the Special Diet Request Form and return it to the school nurse at your child's school. Nutrition services staff will partner with both the school nurse and the family to make accommodations in the case of a disability. We will make reasonable accommodations based on the wide inventory of items that we usually have in inventory for all other requests.

Note:  It may take several weeks to prepare an individualized meal plan with a completed special diet statement.  Parents/guardians are responsible to provide meals from home for their student until a completed meal plan is in place. 

Offer vs. serve is a system that decreases food waste while giving students greater flexibility in choosing what to eat for school breakfast or lunch.

Breakfast

• Students must take a combination of two or three of the four items offered (depending on serving size for the meal) to qualify for a reimbursable meal.

Lunch

• Students must take a serving of fruit OR vegetable plus two additional options of the five food items offered for the meal to qualify as a reimbursable meal. This is the minimum under federal program regulations.
• Students may take smaller portions of the declined items.
• The meal must be priced as a unit. That is, a student who takes two, four or five food items, or smaller portions of some items, pays the same price.

Under specific criteria, state and federal governments may reimburse school districts for a portion of the cost of producing school meals. Reimbursable meals are combinations of food items served to students at breakfast and lunch that meet either nutrition standards or calorie levels or the meal pattern specified in federal regulations. These meals are also priced as a unit (the advertised price). Because the meal needs to be purchased as a unit, we may ask students to take an additional item if they do not have a complete meal. The district does not receive reimbursement when students purchase a second meal. In that event, students are charged the full cost of an adult meal.

OR

"Non-reimbursable" is a term we use when a student does not take what the USDA considers a "complete lunch". Each lunch menu consists of a minimum of five components: milk, protein, grain, fruit and vegetable item. A student must take a fruit or a vegetable item and two other different items from the menu in order for the lunch to be a "complete lunch". When a student does not select a complete lunch, we are not reimbursed by federal and state agencies. If we are not reimbursed for the meal, we must pass those charges on to the student. The non-reimbursable lunch cost reflects the actual cost of the meal. 

In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.
Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ad-3027.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:

1. mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture
   Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
   1400 Independence Avenue, SW
   Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
2. fax: (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
3. email: program.intake@usda.gov

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

The Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP) is a federal grant program that provides fresh fruit or vegetable snacks to students in the classroom at qualifying K-5 and K-8 schools. It’s a great way to get students excited about eating healthy and trying new fruits & vegetables. 

All Richfield elementary schools are participating in the 2023-24 Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program. RPS Nutrition Services serves fresh fruit and vegetable snacks to students at participating schools Monday-Friday. Each month, the FFVP menu features a wide variety of fruits and vegetables to provide students the opportunity to try and learn about new foods.