The School District of South Milwaukee participates in the National School Lunch Program. A morning milk program for elementary school students is also offered. In addition to the regular meal program, ala carte foods are on hand at both the Middle and High Schools. A Nutrition Break program is currently available at all elementary schools. A Breakfast program is available at the Middle School and the High School.
 

Applications for families who may qualify for free or reduced price meals are available at each of the district’s schools and under the Quick Links located on the left-hand side of this page. Completed applications should be returned to the district, and will be evaluated based on the National School Lunch Program criteria. Parents/guardians will be notified whether the family qualifies for free or reduced price meals. Families may apply for meal benefits at any time during the school year. Familes may also re-apply if denied benefits, but experience a decrease in income or an increase in household size later in the school year.

The district uses a "debit" card system in its food service program. Each student is assigned an identification number and individual food service account that follows the student throughout his/her years in the School District of South Milwaukee. When the student moves through the lunch line, their identification number is entered into the computer either by the scanning of their bar-coded I.D. card or by keypad entry. The computer program is set to recognize a student’s meal status, whether it is full pay, reduced pay or free, and will charge the correct amount for the meal taken. There is no identification of a student’s meal status to others. Please be aware that both the Nutrition Break/Breakfast and Lunch purchases are charged to this one account.

DEPOSITS: For efficiency, it is recommended that parents prepay for their child’s purchases - there is no charging of meals. Convenient online prepayment service is available at www.MyNutrikids.com. See NutriKids link on this page for information. Parents who choose not to take advantage of online prepayment may continue to make payments by check or money order to the student’s school via the student, parent walk-in, or U.S. Postal Service. Walk-in deposits will no longer be accepted at the District Office. Submit check or money order made payable to School District of South Milwaukee (may be abbreviated to S.D.S.M.), along with a deposit slip, to the student’s school office. Deposit slips are available at all schools and under Quick Links on this page. Payments should be clearly marked “for meal account”, as well as with the child’s name, school, and dollar amount to be deposited. Parents may write one check for all their students, no matter which school they attend in the district; this type of payment can be processed at any school. Funds will be available the same day if the deposit is received prior to 9:00 a.m. Please allow 5 days for account deposit for any payments sent via U.S. Postal Service. Middle and High School students may make deposits to their own accounts at the time of purchase – cash or check is acceptable – the money is available immediately. Parents should pre- pay for at least one week’s worth of meals at a time, but payments of one month or more work best with this system. Cashiers at the Middle and High Schools will notify students when their meal account falls below $10.00, and will continue to remind them until payment is made. If your student’s account falls to $0 balance, please send him/her to school with a lunch from home. There will be no charging of meals.

SPECIAL NOTES: Parents may indicate whether their student is allowed to purchase ala carte items off their account by completing a deposit slip and submitting to the school. Deposit slips are available at all schools and under Quick Links on this page. Food allergies and food abstinences may also be indicated in this way. The automated system will recognize these notes and make the cashier aware as the student takes a meal.

OTHER ONLINE FEATURES at www.MyNutriKids.com:

· View your student’s account balance

· Print a copy of your student’s eating history, which shows all dates and times that the student has purchased a breakfast or lunch within the past thirty days. (Call (414) 766-5023 for reports of purchases previous to 30 days.)

· Sign up for an automatic low balance email which will be sent when your child’s account drops below the amount that you’ve selected.

YEAR END BALANCES will be carried over into the next school year, unless the child is graduating. If your child graduates or withdraws from the School District of South Milwaukee, you may request a refund of the balance or a transfer of funds to the account of a younger sibling.

The cost of meals and milk are as follows:

Elementary Student Lunch $1.70/meal
(Reduced price meal $0.40/meal)

Middle & High School Student Lunch $2.00/meal 
(Reduced price meal $0.40/meal)

Adult $3.00/meal

Milk $ .30/half-pint carton, additional to each meal
(An 8 oz. carton of milk is included with each student meal)

Nutrition Break – All elementary schools $1.00/meal (Students eligible for reduced price meals receive a free Nutrition Break.)

Breakfast – Middle School and High School $1.00/meal 
(High School Reduced price Breakfast $0.30/meal; Middle School students eligible for reduced price meals receive a free breakfast)

Free or Reduced Priced Meal Notes: If your student takes only a milk, or only a sandwich, they will be charged full price for the item they have taken. In order to receive the free or reduced price lunch benefit, your student must take 3 of the 5 meal items offered. In order to receive the free or reduced price Nutrition Break/Breakfast, your student must take the full Nutrition Break meal/3 of the 4 breakfast items offered. Second meals: Federal regulations prohibit reimbursement payments for second meals served to students. This means that only one lunch and one breakfast may be served to a student at the regular student price indicated above. The option of purchasing an additional meal is still available to students; however, the price will be $1.70 for an Elementary student and $2.00 for a Middle or High School student.

Snack Milk: The distrct offers a snack milk program for 3-year old Early Childhood and 4-year old Kindergarten half-day students, as well as 5-year old Kindergarten through 5th grade students who choose not to participate in the Nutrition Break Program. The registration and fee payment of this program is administrered through your student's school office. The 3-year old Early Childhood and 4-year old Kindergarten students may be eligible for free snack milk through the Free and Reduced meal program application.

If you have any specific questions regarding the meals, menus or the program in general, you may contact:

Ms. Badura, Food Service Director 

414-766-5135 or jbadura@sdsm.k12.wi.us

Questions surrounding student meal accounts and eligibility for free or reduced priced meals:

Leanne, Pritzlaff, Food Service Secretary

414-766-5023 or lpritzlaff@sdsm.k12.wi.us