Upcoming Events
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Today’s Weather
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High School Open House
Today’s Events
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After-School Unlocked Door
The unlocked door after school from 3:30-6pm monitored by security will be moved to the gym/pool lobby doors starting 11/27/2018 until the conclusion of winter sports. Please make note of this change and plan accordingly.
Basketball Try-Outs
Girls 9-12 basketball tryouts – will be held after school 3:45-5:45pm on Friday 11/17 and Saturday 11-1 for all girls 9-12 who have their paperwork completed 9th grade boys– Tryouts will be this Friday 11/17 from 4-6pm at the elementary school and Saturday 11/18 from 12-2pm at the middle school
Today’s Menu
Approved Procedure for Food Service Charges and Negative Balances
Adopted: September 14,2015 Amended: October 12, 2015 Rationale: The purpose of developing approved procedures is to clarify for everyone involved (parents, students, administrators, food service employees) the procedure to address and resolve charging and negative balance issues. We know for a fact that children need to eat nutritious meals while at school – it is essential to their learning and their well being. We know for a fact that some families struggle with finances and with funding their children’s school meals. These two facts often conflict and result in children acquiring significant negative balances in their cafeteria accounts, resulting in thousands of dollars of unpaid accounts every year. We of course want all our students to eat breakfast and lunch, and we want to allow students to choose their own meals from the choices available. As a school district we also have financial responsibilities to all of our parents and all of our taxpayers who will end up funding those large unpaid accounts. In the attempt to address these conflicting concerns, we have instituted a sequence of actions/consequence that will occur when negative balances are incurred: Special Note – Senior High School. Students are not allowed to charge over $5.00 total. Low balances and negative balances less than $10: Verbal: All cashiers may tell the child what their balance is and that they need to bring in some money. Written: Elementary cashiers may print a low balance/negative memo and give them to the classroom teacher to send home with the child. Secondary cashiers may hand write a low balance/negative balance memo and give it to the child at the time they go through the line. Negative balances over $10 but less than $30: An automated phone call will be made to those parents whose child has a negative balance of over $10 at the end of the week, requesting that funds be sent in to school with the child, funds may be added electronically via myschoolbucks.com, and/or an application be submitted for free or reduced meals. These weekly automated phone calls will continue as long as the balance remains under negative $30. Negative balances over$30: At this point the building principal becomes involved and contacts the parent by phone in the attempt to resolve the problem. Parents acquiring large balances and/or having balances carrying forward from the prior year, will be offered some flexibility by the principal to develop a payment plan and/or partial forgiveness of prior debt if there is a good faith effort to address the debt. This may include completing a Free and Reduced application. If the parents are uncooperative, the principal may tell them that their child will be given restricted meal options – either a cheese sandwich meal or a peanut butter and jelly sandwich meal. Negative balance over $100: At this point, after all of the above procedures have been unproductive, the district may initiate home visits by our School Resource Officer to personally address the problem. This may include filing legal charges with the magistrate. All parents can create an account at myschoolbucks.com so that they can always see the balances in their child’s account and how they are spending their money. This website can also be used to directly fund the student’s account. Free and reduced applications are always available to be completed at any time during the school year, either a paper application or online at schoolcafe.com.
Shared Food Procedure
Changes to Shared Food Procedures As the Jersey Shore School District continues to provide a safe and healthy environment for students. All food that will be shared with or given to students must be arranged through The Nutrition Group. The Nutrition Group is the food service provider for the district and a menu of the items they offer can be found on our website. From our main webpage, www.jsasd.org, on the top right-hand side choose the Lunches page. This page includes current menus, the party order form, and other useful information regarding the district’s food service program. While the party form has prices listed, you will need to contact the Food Service Director of The Nutrition Group for prices on any catering options. The contact information is listed on the Food Service webpage. The schools will no longer be able to allow any food to be brought in that will be shared among students. This will not impact students who bring in their own packed lunch or their own individual snacks as those are not items that are to be shared with other students. If you have any questions regarding this change in procedure, please contact your building administrator.