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Nutrition Services
Our Nutrition Services team is here to serve our students high-quality, nutritious food, so they can continue to learn and grow.
- Meal Pricing and General Information
- Meal Account Balances and Refunds
- SchoolCafe Online Parent Portal
- Ala Carte Items
- Birthdays and Classroom Parties
- Meal Charges
- Non-Discrimination
Meal Pricing and General Information
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
Meal pricing as of August 1st is provided below. Meal Benefit Applications to qualify for free and reduced price meals during the 24-25 school year will be available after August 1, 2024.
Elementary School Meals |
Price |
Breakfast |
$1.75 |
Lunch |
$2.95 |
Middle School & High School Meals |
Price |
Breakfast/Premium Breakfast |
$1.95 / $2.10 |
Lunch/Premium Lunch |
$3.25 / $3.65 |
Beverages |
Price |
Milk |
$0.70 |
Juice |
$0.40 |
Adult/Visitor Meals |
Price |
Breakfast | $2.00 |
Lunch (without beverage) | $4.00 |
Meal Payment Options:
If a student plans to purchase Breakfast, Lunch, or A la Carte/Snacks at school, please ensure money is available on the student's meal account. Payments are accepted at school (with cash or check) and online through SchoolCafe.com. If assistance is needed to set up an online account or to find out the student’s ID number, please contact the district Nutrition Services office at 359-4090 or your student’s school cafeteria manager.
Please Note: Students not currently attending school (incoming kindergarten students or those outside the Park Hill district) will not be able to set up a SchoolCafe account until after August 1, 2024 when the 24-25 school year database is uploaded to our software.
Family Meal Benefits (Free or Reduced-Priced Meals):
Applications for the 2024-25 school year will be available for completion after August 1, 2024.
Students receiving free or reduced-price meal benefits during the school year will continue to receive those benefits during summer school. If you have any questions, please contact Park Hill Nutrition Services at (816) 359-4090.
Completed applications may be mailed to or dropped off at any school building.
Student Meal Account Restrictions:
Parents/Guardians may place restrictions on student meal accounts related to such things as a la carte/snack purchases, second entrees, and more. Please contact the Nutrition Services Department at parkhillnutritionservices@parkhill.k12.mo.us or 816-359-4090 for assistance, or to confirm intended restrictions were properly saved.
Meal Account Balances and Refunds
Student meal account balances remain on student accounts from year-to-year and school-to-school as they move thru the Park Hill district.
Students leaving the district or graduating may request an account refund. Refunds under $10 should be requested in cash at the school from the cafeteria manager. Requests over $10 must be made thru the Nutrition Services department by emailing parkhillnutritionservices@parkhill.k12.mo.us, by calling 816-359-4090, or thru the SchoolCafe app. Refunds of $10 or more will be in the form of a check cut and mailed to the household approximately three weeks after the request.
SchoolCafe Online Parent Portal
All enrolled students have an active school meal account in Park Hill.
Parents are encouraged to register for a SchoolCafe account (attaching all students in the household to the account) to monitor meal account balances, set low balance notifications, set ala carte/snack restrictions, apply for family meal benefits, and make payments to student(s) meal account(s). To set account restrictions from purchasing meals, please contact the Nutrition Services office at 816-359-4090.
Please note that the SchoolCafe site is free to use; however, if you make payments through this portal, the web provider does charge a 4.75% convenience fee per transaction. Families are welcome to send cash or check (made payable to PH Nutrition Services or PHNS) to school with their student. When doing so, we ask that the cash or check be placed in an envelope with the student’s name and “lunch” money marked on the outside. Each cafeteria has a secure “mail box" on the wall to deposit payments. Payments may be handed to our Nutrition Services staff as the student goes through the breakfast or lunch line, as well.
When registering for a SchoolCafe account, parents will need their student’s ID (“S”) number (5-digit number), minus the “S”. This number can be found on Infinite Campus or by calling the Nutrition Services office at 816-359-4090.
Ala Carte Items
Ala Carte items (snacks, bottled drinks, extra entrees, etc.) are available daily for students to purchase. These snack items must meet the USDA’s Smart Snack requirements.
Students must have funds available on their account to purchase ala carte items. The district does not allow charging of ala carte. Tuesday is "Ice Cream Day" at our elementary schools; elementary students may purchase a frozen dairy novelty on that day only.
Birthdays and Classroom Parties
Families may send birthday treats if they wish to do so, as long as they are included our list of treats that contain none of the major food allergens.
Thank you for understanding that all classroom treats must come from this list, as the district does not have the staff capacity to check for allergens that could threaten the health of some students.
Please bring birthday treats ahead of time - two hours after the start of school, at the latest.
Approved Birthday Treats
Stickers
Erasers
Pencils
Crazy straws
Blow Pops
Juice boxes
Popcorn
Smarties
Dum Dum lollipops
Jelly Belly
Nerds
Ring Pops
Skittles
Sour Patch Kids
Starburst
Swedish Fish
Life Saver Gummies
Meal Charges
2023-24 Meal Pricing
Breakfast
- Elementary: $1.50
- Secondary: $1.75
- Secondary Premium: $1.90
Lunch
- Elementary: $2.70
- Secondary Lunch: $3.10
- Secondary Premium: $3.50
Ala Carte and Adults
- Milk: $.70
- Adult Breakfast: $2.00
- Adult Lunch: $4.00 (does not include beverage)
2023-24 Park Hill School District Meal Charge Procedure
The Park Hill School Board promotes healthy, high-quality school meals, recognizing that students need adequate, nourishing food in order to learn, grow, and maintain good health.
To assure all students have access to healthy meals, the district participates in the National School Breakfast and Lunch Programs which provide students who qualify with a free or reduced cost breakfast and lunch.
To accommodate students who purchase school meals, payment options include an online payment system that will take credit and debit cards, or cash and check payments may be made at all school sites.
The Park Hill School District also provides multiple alerts to notify parents/guardians of their student’s account balance to help ensure they have money available to purchase a school breakfast or lunch:
- Parents may set an alert on the payment website that will notify them of a low account balance.
- Automated telephone calls are made weekly to notify parents of a low balance.
- E-mails are sent weekly to notify parents of a low balance.
- Students may be alerted of a low balance and provided with a payment envelope when purchasing a meal.
Students who do not have money on their account, or in hand to cover the cost of a meal at the time of service, will be permitted to charge a full meal. Ala carte snacks and beverages may not be charged.
When a charge has occurred the parent/guardian will be notified of the negative balance:
- Automated telephone calls are made twice weekly to notify parents of a negative balance.
- E-mails are sent weekly to notify parents of a negative balance.
- Students are alerted and provided with a payment envelope when charging a meal.
If charges continue without repayment:
- Parent/guardian may be contacted by school staff to offer services or assistance as needed.
- Parent/guardian may be encouraged to submit a Meal Benefits Application if one has not been completed during the current school year.
District employees are mandated by the state of Missouri to report any instances of suspected abuse or neglect to the Children’s Division (CD) of the Department of Social Services. District personnel will report to the CD any instance where a student’s arrival at school with no provision for food leads to a reasonable cause to suspect neglect.
Employees are not allowed to charge meals and must provide payment at the time of service.
Non-Discrimination
In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its agencies, offices and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs (including the district), are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), age, disability, and 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 for program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, and 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 USDA.gov, 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:
Submit your completed form or letter to the USDA by:
- Mail
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20250-9410; or - Fax
202-690-7442; or - E-mail
program.intake@usda.gov.
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
Fundraising Ideas You Can Sell
- Activity Cards
- Air Fresheners
- Balloon Bouquets
- Bath Accessories
- Books & Calendars
- Brick/Stone/Tile Memorials
- Buttons, Pins & Stickers
- Candles
- Christmas Trees
- Coffee Cups/Mugs
- Cookbooks
- Coupon Books
- Customized Stickers
- Emergency Kits for Cars
- First Aid Kits
- Flea Market / Garage Sale
- Flowers, Bulbs & Poinsettias
- Foot Warmers
- Football Seats
- Fruit & Vegetable Baskets
- Gift Baskets
- Gift Certificates
- Gift Items
- Gift Wrap, Boxes & Bags
- Greeting Cards
- Hats
- Healthy Snack Items (see above panel)
- Holiday Ornaments
- Holiday Wreaths
- House Decorations
- Jewelry
- License Plate Frames w/ School
- Logo
- Magazine Subscriptions
- Mugs
- Music, Videos, CD’s
- Newspaper Space/Ads
- Personalized Stationary
- Plants
- Pocket Calendars
- Raffle Donations
- Rent a Special Parking Space
- Scarves
- School Art Drawings
- School Frisbees
- School Spirit Gear & Accessories
- Souvenir Cups
- Spirit/Seasonal Flags
- Stadium Pillows
- Student Directories
- T-Shirts & Sweatshirts
- Temporary/Henna Tattoos
- Valentine’s Day Flowers
- Yearbook Covers
- Yearbook Space/Monograms
Fundraising Ideas You Can Do
- Auction
- Bike-a-thon
- Bowling Night
- Car Wash
- Carnivals
- Celebrity Basketball Game
- Craft Sale
- Dances
- Family/Glamour Portraits
- Festivals
- Gift Wrapping
- Golf Tournament
- Jog-a-thon
- Jump rope-a-thon
- Magic Show
- Penny Wars
- Raffles
- Read-a-thon
- Recycling Cans/Paper/Ink
- Cartridges/Cell Phones
- Rent-a-Teen Helper
- Selling Trash Bags
- Singing Telegrams
- Skate Night
- Spelling Bee
- Talent Show
- Tennis/Horseshoe Competition
- Treasure Hunt
- Walk-a-thon
- Workshops/Classes
Health and Wellness Advisory Council
We adhere to our district wellness policy.
Our Health and Wellness Advisory Council welcomes volunteer committee members. The committee typically meets twice a year, in the fall and spring, and district employees, students and community members are on the committee. If you are interested in becoming a committee member, please contact the Park Hill Nutrition Services Department at 816-359-4090 or by contacting Grennan Sims, Director of nutrition services, or Emma Montgomery, Nutrition Coordinator.
Here is the PowerPoint from our 2020 meeting, and our annual program evaluation.
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
Contact Information:
Phone
816-359-4090
Fax
816-359-4099
Address
Support Services Center
9501 N Seymour Avenue
Kansas City, MO
Director
Grennan Sims, RD, LD
Family Meal Benefits (Free and Reduced Price Meals)
2024-25 School Year - the new Free and Reduced application is available to print now and available online after August 1st.