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Contact Information

Mrs. Peggy Kiser

Food Services Director
pkiser@margaretta.k12.oh.us

Margaretta Board of Education

305 S. Washington St.

Castalia, OH 44824

Phone: (419) 684-5322
Fax: 419-684-9003

Food Services

What’s for Lunch?

Margaretta High and Middle School Lunch Menu - March

Margaretta High and Middle School Breakfast Menu - March

Margaretta Elementary School Lunch Menu - March
Margaretta Elementary School Breakfast Menu - March

North Point ESC/Townsend School Lunch Menu - March
North Point ESC/Townsend School Breakfast Menu - March

Breakfast and Lunch Prices for the 2009-2010 school year:

Margaretta High and Middle School Lunch: $2.65

Margaretta High and Middle School Breakfast: $1.40

Margaretta Elementary School Lunch: $2.30
Margaretta Elementary School Breakfast: $1.40

North Point ESC/Townsend School Lunch: $2.65
North Point ESC/Townsend School Breakfast: $1.40

Free and Reduced Price Meals

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Applications for free and reduced price meals are available for download on this website. Please complete one application per family and return with your child to school or you may mail it to the Board of Education Office, 305 S. Washington Street, Castalia, Ohio 44824; attention Peggy Kiser, Food Service Director. Applications must be submitted every year to continue on the program. If the application is approved, your child(ren) will begin to receive or continue to receive free or reduced price meals from the date of approval. A letter will be sent home notifying you of your child’s meal status. Applications can be submitted at any time during the school year if your family financial circumstances change. All information submitted to the school is kept confidential. There is no discrimination or identification of free or reduced price paying students. We urge all families to consider filling out an application.

Free & Reduced Application

2009-2010 Free and Reduced Price Application - Free and Reduced lunch applications can be filled out any time throughout the school year if your income or family size changes. Students who received free or reduced priced lunches last year are asked to return their applications to the school office by September 11, 2009.

Margaretta Local School’s Child Nutrition Program

The Food Service department operates on site cafeterias in three schools. These cafeterias provide lunch to the High and Middle School and both breakfast and lunch at Margaretta Elementary and North Point ESC/Townsend Schools. Margaretta’s Food Service Program provides wholesome, nutritious meals while keeping in mind students preferences. School lunch meets 1/3 of the Recommended Daily Allowances set by National School Lunch Program. In January 2008 the Department of Safety, Health and Nutrition after completing an audit of Margaretta’s Food Service Program commended the staff on the “great job of meeting recommended daily allowances for iron, calcium, vitamins A and C as well as meeting the target levels for saturated fat and total fat”. We continually introduce new items that students should find fun and nutritious. An emphasis on more whole grains, fresh fruits and vegetables is being implemented into our school meals. Menus are sent home monthly and are posted on the district web site. Our goal is to serve a wholesome, nutritious meal everyday to every student at a moderate cost and the smiles are free!

Computerized Point of Sale System

Our schools have a computerized point of sale system. Each student has his or her own account regardless of free, reduced or paid status. All students are assigned a PIN number to use to purchase meals and/or ala carte items. Students are asked to memorize their PIN number and enter it on a pin pad to activate their account as they come through the serving line. This same number will be used all through his or her school years at Margaretta. The benefits of this system are students will not have to bring money to school everyday. You may pay by the week, month or longer if you prefer. This system provides a better method of protecting the confidentiality of free and reduced price students. This system also provides an excellent audit trail of all transactions. It also allows for faster and smoother serving lines enabling students to enjoy their lunch and free time with their friends. Meal pre payments on student’s accounts carry over year to year and school to school. Checks need to be made out to Margaretta Local Schools. Please write your child’s name in the memo part of your check. Please send separate checks for each student unless they are in the same building. Please contact the school cashier or the food service office if you need specific information or have concerns about your child’s account.

SPS EZpay

EZPay

SPS EZpay web site

Margaretta Local Schools now offers an online meal payment program called SPS EZpay. SPS EZpay is a secure and convenient website application that allows parents to add to their children’s meal accounts with a credit card over the internet. A convenience fee of $1.50 per transaction is added to your credit card. It takes 24 hours for monies to post to your children’s account. There is no cost to register, browse the SPS EZpay website or to check your child’s meal account balance. If you wish to use this online payment system click SPS EZpay link above for further instructions. If you have any further questions please feel free to call or email the Treasurer or Food Service Director.

This is a convenience for the parents with children in our district and you are not obligated to use it. We encourage you to check your children’s meal account balances using this system.