South Windsor Public Schools

The charts below reflect the current "Daily Meal Prices" based on the buying patterns of our students. Milk is included in the meal price. Prices are subject to change, per school board approval and state and federal regulations.

DAILY MEAL PRICES 

* Milk is included with a meal purchase

Teacher and Adult meals are purchased "a la carte."

A LA CARTE PRICING

Extra items may be purchased at the a la carte price at any of the school sites. A la carte pricing is not reflected in the above chart totals. To view a list of snack pricing, click on the link below:

Parents can make deposits to the account by making payments to the kitchen staff in one of three ways:

1. Cash: accepted in any amount at any register at the school. If you choose to send cash daily, and not use the POS, we are less able to help you control your child's spending and unlikely to identify allergies or food related concerns. Please send in the amount to be placed on account, change back is not always available for larger bills.

2. Checks: must be written for a minimum of $25 and made out to SWSFS (South Windsor School Food Services) - We will return checks for less than $25, or that are not completed correctly (made out to the school, postdated, no signature, no address, etc). Please use blue or black ink (crayon, marker, and pencil is not allowed). And include your child's name (first and last) on the check as a reference.

3. Online Payment: Our account management software offers a parent portal through EZSchoolPay, a website for parents to manage their children's accounts. Parents register at the EZ SchoolPay website and make payments directly to the child's account using a credit card (there is a transaction fee for using a credit card which is explained on the website).

Students will be expected to pay for meals at the time of service. Students have each been assigned a Student Meal Account and will use their Student ID to access their account. To activate the meal account for your child, you must deposit money into the account. We encourage students to use their meal accounts as it allows for less chance of lost lunch money, quicker service at lunch time, and more parental control over a la carte purchases.

Our Point of Sale program works directly with EZSchoolPay to provide detailed information about your child's account so you can view it at anytime. The EZSchoolPay mobile app is also available for Android and iPhone. We strongly recommend that parents sign into EZSchoolPay to access your child's account information. From EZSchoolPay you can:

What your child can purchase with the money in his/her account is determined by what you, the parent, have indicated to us when sending the money to be deposited. A form is available to send in with your deposit (go to "Forms and Newsletters" tab). 

Parents who wish to deposit money for meals only should keep in mind the price of breakfast and lunch and multiply the total by the number of meals to be purchased.

If you wish to allow your child to purchase snacks as well, you may indicate how much he/she is to spend each day or you may leave it as "unlimited." If you plan to limit it, please include the price of a lunch and breakfast, if you choose to allow it, to your limit for snacks so that your child will be able to purchase both breakfast and lunch and snack. The amount you would send in would then be determined by these limits and how often you expect your child to purchase. If you choose not to submit a form, the account will be open to purchase all meals and a la carte items.

Any money left at the end of the school year will carry forward to next school year. Students moving to a new school (Timothy Edwards or South Windsor High School) will find the money left at the end of the year in their account at the new school. Seniors will be given their account balance in early May so they have time to spend it down before the end of the year.

ACCOUNT BALANCE NOTIFICATION

Parents are ultimately responsible for maintaining an adequate balance in their students' accounts. We encourage all parents to register on the EZ SchoolPay website to be able to monitor their child's account balance.