Food Service

Beginning August 29, 2023, NELSD’s food service staff will accept deposits into student meal accounts.  Due to COVID-19, we encourage families to use online student meal accounts to limit the handling of cash.  You may deposit money at any time into student meal accounts via the online system PaySchools Central. 

Questions may be directed to PaySchools Central by calling (877) 393-6628 or emailing psc_help@payschools.com. Users will be charged a $1.65 internet convenience fee for transactions up to $24.99. For transactions ranging from $25 to $49.99, there will be an internet convenience fee of $2.00. For anything over $50, there will be a 4.50 percent internet convenience fee. School fees and other non-food service payments will incur a 4.50 percent internet convenience fee. Payments made online will be credited by the end of the next business day.  The district will pick up the convenience fee for the months of August and September 2023.

Our lunch charge policy permits students to charge up to three lunches.  Repayment is expected the next day.  

No breakfast charging will be permitted.  

For the 2024-25 school year, Northeastern Local Schools will be collecting and processing National School Lunch Program applications.  We are no longer permitted to provide free meals to everyone.  

Due to time constraints, change will no longer be given at the time of the sale.  It will be added to the student’s account to be used for future purchases.  This will help each student get through the line faster.  Also, students should memorize their personal pin numbers for faster service.  Please plan accordingly when determining if you will send cash, make a deposit, or submit an online transaction for your student.

Should your child’s account get into the negative, our food management system will generate a reminder email to you (if we have your email address on record) asking that you replenish funds.

For the 2023-24 school year, the price of reduced and paid lunches will be as follows:

Northeastern Local Food Service Department is committed to serving nutritious meals to the students of this district in strict adherence to the regulations set forth by the State of Ohio and the USDA.  The Northeastern Board of Education requires food service to be self-supporting.  Federal regulations require any school participating in the National School Lunch Program to operate as a non-profit organization.  Within these constraints, it is imperative that revenue meets cost.  For this reason, lunch charge activity must be regulated.  In order to encourage greater parent and child responsibility while controlling lunch charge debts, the following shall be implemented.
1.    No child may accumulate more than three (3) lunch charges at a time.
2.    Lunch will be denied after the third charge.
3.    Payment shall be made the next school day after charge was incurred.
4.    Grade cards will be withheld until the charges are paid.
5.    Charge notices will be sent home with the child and/or by email.

NOTICE TO BENEFICIARIES AND PROSPECTIVE BENEFICIARIES 

Name of Organization: Name of Program: Contact Information for Program Staff: Cassie Gausel, Food Service Director, cassiegausel@nelsd.org, 937-325-7615

Because this program is supported in whole or in part by financial assistance from the Federal Government, we are required to let you know that: 

(1)    We may not discriminate against you on the basis of religion, a religious belief, a refusal to hold a religious belief, or a refusal to attend or participate in a religious practice;

(2)    We may not require you to attend or participate in any explicitly religious activities
(including activities that involve overt religious content such as worship, religious instruction, or proselytization) that are offered by our organization, and any participation by you in such activities must be purely voluntary;

(3)    We must separate in time or location any privately funded explicitly religious activities
(including activities that involve overt religious content such as worship, religious instruction, or proselytization) from activities supported with direct Federal financial assistance; and

(4)    You may report violations of these protections, including any denials of services or benefits by an organization, by contacting or filing a written complaint with the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Center for Civil Rights Enforcement, Program Complaint

Division by mail, fax, or e-mail at:

Mail:
United States Department of Agriculture
Director, Center for Civil Rights Enforcement
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20250-9410

Fax: (202) 690-7442

Email: program.intake@usda.gov (5)    If you would like to seek information about whether there are any other federally funded organizations that provide these kinds of services in your area, please contact:
Ohio Department of Education and Workforce
Office of Nutrition
25 S. Front Street. 3rd Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
877.644.6338

This written notice must be provided to you before you enroll in the program or receive services from the program, unless the nature of the service provided, or exigent circumstances make it impracticable to provide such notice before we provide the actual service. In such an instance, this notice must be provided to you at the earliest available opportunity. 

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SFA Civil Rights Complaint Procedure

School Nutrition Civil Rights Process for Northeastern Local School District

NELSD is a sponsor of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Nutrition Services Child Nutrition Programs.  NELSD provides benefits to all eligible individuals without discrimination in accordance with Federal civil rights law and USDA policy as governed by FNS Instruction 113-1.  The USDA, its Agencies, offices, employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, gender, age, and disability. 

Program participants who would like to make a complaint regarding Child Nutrition Programs should contact Cassie Gausel at (937) 324-7615 or cassiegausel@nelsd.org.  All complaints must be submitted within 180 days of the incident for which the complaint is alleged.  Cassie Gausel, Nutrition Service Director, will not attempt to resolve the claim without first providing the claimant information on how to file a complaint. Cassie Gausel, Nutrition Service Director, will provide the complainant with instructions on where to obtain the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form online and offer a hard copy of the form as an alternative.

Cassie Gausel, Nutrition Service Director, will provide instructions to the complainant on where to forward the completed USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form by any of the following methods:

1. Mail:  U.S. Department of Agriculture,
   Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
   1400 Independence Ave. SW
   Washington, D.C. 20250-9410
2. Fax:    (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442
3. Email: program.intake@usda.gov  

A complainant may choose to not complete a form and instead submit the complaint verbally or in person.  Cassie Gausel, Nutrition Service Director, will write the elements of the complaint for the complainant, utilizing the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form.

All complaints, written, verbal or anonymous, received by Cassie Gausel, Nutrition Service Director, will be forwarded to the USDA, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, within five calendar days. The NELSD will:

• Log all complaints and maintain all documentation for four years after the complaint is closed
• Indicate whether the complaint is received verbally, in writing, anonymous, or in person;
• Make its employees available for interviews as necessary during investigations;
• Provide documents upon request during the investigation;
• Participate in attempts to resolve the complaint;
• Notify the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce of all complaints by contacting their Education Program Specialist.

In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.

Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/USDA-OASCR%20P-Complaint-Form-0508-0002-508-11-28-17Fax2Mail.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:

1. mail:U.S. Department of Agriculture
   Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
   1400 Independence Avenue, SW
   Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
2. fax:(833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
3. email:program.intake@usda.gov

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.