Negative Account Policy

WOODRIDGE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT 

NEGATIVE STUDENT ACCOUNT POLICY 

As a friendly reminder, households are responsible for ensuring that there are adequate funds to cover their child’s meals each day. Please remember free and reduced meals are available. Online applications are available on the district website (www.woodridge.us) under the Nutrition Services section. If you would like a hard copy of the application, please contact the Nutrition Services Department at 330-928-7428. Meal account balances may be viewed by parents on MySchoolBucks (www.myschoolbucks.com). This website allows households to make online payments, monitor account balances, and track student purchases in our cafeterias. To access these services, visit the district website at www.woodridge.us and under the Nutrition Services page, you will also find the MySchoolBucks link. From this page, you can create your account and add money to your child’s school meal account. There is a small fee for this service. If you choose not to take advantage of the online prepayment service, you can still view account balances and track student purchases through your free MySchoolBucks account. Cash and checks are accepted at all school buildings with no fees attached. Partial payments can be accepted, and if you would like to set up a payment plan please feel free to reach out to the Nutrition Services Department at 330-928-7428.

We allow meals to be charged because we feel it is important that student not be denied access to a meal during the school day. Further, students with a negative account balance of any amount will not be allowed to purchase a la carte items. All students with negative balances will be served a regular school meal until the account reaches -$10.00 without penalty or a letter of notification sent to the household. We offer the window of -$10.00 because we understand there are circumstances an account may initially become negative from time to time, and will always allow the chance for the account to be paid back in full without penalty. However, once the account reaches the threshold listed above, a letter will be sent twice a month notifying the household of the negative balance until the balance is fully paid off. In addition, thirty days prior to the last school day we require a letter be sent to the household of a student(s) with a negative balance of any kind. This is done in order to help reduce or eliminate any fees from being carried over to the following school year.

Charges listed on a student account are the responsibility of the household. Please be aware that if this fee is not paid by the end of the school year, the fees will be carried over to the student account listed at the Woodridge Board Office as a part of their non-waivable fines. Please contact the Nutrition Services Dept. at 330-928-7428 for assistance or help with this matter. 

Sincerely, 

Tina Hastings
Food Service Manager