Food Service

Woodridge School District 68 offers a fresh meal plan that includes breakfast and hot lunch at each of its schools. Students who bring a lunch from home can purchase milk at lunchtime at their school.

All meals meet the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) nutritional guidelines that include: more whole-grain foods; fruits and vegetables every day of the week; only fat-free or low-fat milk; no trans fats and reduced saturated fat and sodium. For more information on healthy eating for your family visit MyPlate.gov. 

The district contracts Quest Food Management Services for food service.

The District uses a computerized accounting system that works like a debit account and treats all meal plans (free, reduced, or paid) exactly alike. All returning students will keep the same account and debit card as last year. New students will receive a new account and debit card.

Each time a student purchases a meal or makes an a la carte purchase, the program will deduct the price of that meal by reading the ID number on your child’s debit card. All elementary cards will remain at school to reduce the risk of lost cards.

Online

Parents can monitor their child's account online in PowerSchool Parent Portal, which will show their food purchases and account balance, and allow you to deposit funds. Payments can be made in PowerSchool any day, any time and is the strongly preferred method of payment. All payments will be applied to your child’s account for use the same day as long as it is received by 7:00am for breakfast and 10:30am for lunch.

Cash or check

Cash and check payments will be accepted on school days between 7:30am-2:00pm in the business office at the District Administrative Center, 7925 Janes Avenue. When paying by cash or check include the completed form found on the district website. Please submit payment and form in an envelope. Do not staple. It may take up to three (3) business days for payment to be applied to your child’s account.

When students are unable to pay for their meal services, meal charges will apply per a student’s eligibility category and will be processed by the District accordingly.

The school Principal and District staff will work jointly to prevent meal charges from accumulating. Every effort to collect all funds due to the District will be made on a regular basis and before the end of the school year. Families who are struggling to pay for student meals are strongly encouraged to complete an application for free and reduced meals.

Unpaid meal charges are considered delinquent debt when payment is overdue as defined by Board policy. The District will make reasonable efforts to collect charges classified as delinquent debt.

When a student’s funds are low or there is a negative balance, reminders will be provided to the parent(s)/guardian(s) at regular intervals during the school year. If a parent/guardian regularly fails to provide meal money and does not qualify for free meal benefits, the Building Principal or designee, will direct the next course of action. Continual failure to provide meal money may require the District to take legal steps to recover the unpaid meal charges.

Legal Ref: Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-296); 7 C.F.R. §245.5; 23 Ill.Admin.Code Part 305, School Food Service

Woodridge School District 68 offers free and reduced priced meals to those students whose family meets the income guidelines posted by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). School meals meet the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and the School Breakfast Program (SBP) nutritional standards.

To see if your student qualifies for free or reduced price school meals, a parent or guardian can submit an application available on your child's online account, at each school office or on our district website.  

Some families will automatically receive free meal benefits based on information provided by the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) and the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE). These families will be notified by the district office in July. If a family currently receives food stamps or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and has not received a letter, an application will need to be completed.