Cafeteria Line Changes

The maintenance, tech, and cafeteria staff have worked very hard over the summer and made a big change in our cafeteria service line. The maintenance staff installed new pieces of equipment in the serving line and added some electrical plugins for serving line to work effectively. Cafeteria staff attended training on the new lunch system that tracks what the students have been eating and how much money is in their account. They also had to rearrange staff to start serving the students their food. Remember, with the old serving line the students served themselves. The tech staff installed a new machine at the end of the line allowing us to have two lines for students to be able to get their food faster.

After our first week our students, teachers, custodians, and cafeteria staff have adjusted well to the new line and procedures. Students are learning their lunch numbers and are able to enter them faster and cafeteria staff made a few adjustments to make them more efficient.

I want to thank everyone who worked on this project and made it a success.

Reminder to Parents about the No Charge Breakfast and Lunch Policy

PLEASE BE AWARE THAT EFFECTIVE August 23, 2010, there will be no charging of breakfast or lunch fees allowed at Linton-Stockton Schools. This is in compliance with our Breakfast/Lunch No-Charging Policy, which was adopted by the Board of School Trustees on July 26, 2010, as follows:

The Linton Stockton School Corporation has adopted a “NO CHARGE” policy. Due to excessive charging in the past and the enormous amount of time involved in trying to collect these charges, charging of meals by students or adults beginning with the first day of student attendance for the 2010/2011 school year will not be permitted.

Funds must be deposited into a student’s meal account prior to breakfast or lunch for that day. It is the parents’ responsibility to see that their child(ren)’s meals are paid for and parents can fulfill this responsibility by paying for the meals themselves or by sending the meal money to the school with their child(ren). Any student without sufficient funds in his or her account will be offered a sandwich and a carton of milk. LSSC will provide this meal for two consecutive days. If sufficient funds have yet to be deposited into the student’s meal fund, the building principal and counselor will be notified so the next course of action can be determined. Please work with us to ensure that this never happens. It is not the school corporation’s intent to embarrass any person in any way.

The State of Indiana provides free/reduced application forms that are available in all school offices from the building secretaries, food service director, and kitchen managers. Applications MUST be filled out completely BEFORE being approved. If a household receives food stamps or state aid, please include the case number on the application. All of this information must be provided before the application can be approved. Please take advantage of this benefit if you think your family may qualify for free or reduced breakfast/lunch.

This policy applies to the Linton Stockton Elementary School, Junior High School, and High School.

LINTON STOCKTON SCHOOL CORPORATION
Linton Stockton School Board of Trustees
Linton Stockton Superintendent
Recommended by Linton Stockton School Food Service Director

The balance of the student’s food service account can be found on Harmony under “Food Service”.

IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT SUFFICIENT FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE STUDENT’S FOOD SERVICE ACCOUNT TO COVER ANY BREAKFAST OR LUNCH PURCHASES.

Off to a Great Start

WOW! This week has been great. I can not tell you how well our first week of school has gone. I want to thank and congratulate everyone for doing a great job this week.