to and from school. Twenty-four hour coverage is also available. Parents are responsible for sending in the application for insurance. SCHOOL NUTRITION PROGRAM Breakfast is made available at no cost to all students at the elementary level, and is served at the start of the day in classrooms instead of in the cafeteria. Students are encouraged, but not required, to participate in classroom breakfast, so please discuss with your elementary student whether they will eat breakfast at home or at school. Breakfast is served when school is on a 1-hour delay. Breakfast is not served when school is on a 2-hour delay. Lunch is served daily. Each student has an assigned account number. Parents are encouraged to send money to be credited to their child's computerized account to ensure that their child will always receive lunch or breakfast. Any amount of money may be added to your child’s account. This account can also be used to purchase milk, juice or ice cream. If a balance exists in a student's account at the end of the year, it will be carried over to the next school year. Parents may request refunds if the student is transferring out of Harrisonburg City Schools. If a student is going to another school in Harrisonburg, the account balance will be transferred. PROCEDURES FOR MEAL PAYMENTS Payments can be made for any given period of time: a day, a week, a month, or even the entire school year and can be made with cash or check. Credit or debit cards are not accepted at the school level. Parents may set up an account to check meal balances and purchases and to add funds to an account using a credit or debit card at www.myschoolbucks.com If you would like to check your account balance you child’s may also call or email the cafeteria manager at their school or call or email Andrea Early, School Nutrition Program Director at 437-3300 or . Please put payments in an envelope with the and account number (ID number) on the envelope. It student’s name is helpful to write the and ID number on all checks. Please have student’s name students bring payments to the cafeteria. No cash will be returned to a student who presents a check for meal payment. Refunds from student accounts will be made only if a request in writing or by email is made by a parent or guardian. Funds will not be transferred between siblings in a family without prior written authorization from a parent or guardian.
to and from school. Twenty-four hour coverage is also available. Parents are responsible for sending in the application for insurance. SCHOOL NUTRITION PROGRAM Breakfast is made available at no cost to all students at the elementary level, and is served at the start of the day in classrooms instead of in the cafeteria. Students are encouraged, but not required, to participate in classroom breakfast, so please discuss with your elementary student whether they will eat breakfast at home or at school. Breakfast is served when school is on a 1-hour delay. Breakfast is not served when school is on a 2-hour delay. Lunch is served daily. Each student has an assigned account number. Parents are encouraged to send money to be credited to their child's computerized account to ensure that their child will always receive lunch or breakfast. Any amount of money may be added to your child’s account. This account can also be used to purchase milk, juice or ice cream. If a balance exists in a student's account at the end of the year, it will be carried over to the next school year. Parents may request refunds if the student is transferring out of Harrisonburg City Schools. If a student is going to another school in Harrisonburg, the account balance will be transferred. PROCEDURES FOR MEAL PAYMENTS Payments can be made for any given period of time: a day, a week, a month, or even the entire school year and can be made with cash or check. Credit or debit cards are not accepted at the school level. Parents may set up an account to check meal balances and purchases and to add funds to an account using a credit or debit card at www.myschoolbucks.com If you would like to check your child’s account balance you may also call or email the cafeteria manager at their school or call or email Andrea Early, School Nutrition Program Director at 437-3300 or . Please put payments in an envelope with the student’s name and account number (ID number) on the envelope. It is helpful to write the student’s name and ID number on all checks. Please have students bring payments to the cafeteria. No cash will be returned to a student who presents a check for meal payment. Refunds from student accounts will be made only if a request in writing or by email is made by a parent or guardian. Funds will not be transferred between siblings in a family without prior written authorization from a parent or guardian.
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