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Food Service Operations 2024/25: Breakfast and lunch is served at all schools with breakfast starting thirty minutes before school each day. The Berlin Area School District participates in the National School Breakfast and Lunch programs, which are federally subsidized programs and designed to help eligible children receive free or reduced priced meals. If you have not been notified by the District that you have automatically qualified for free breakfast and lunch for this school year, you can apply for free or reduced priced meals by completing an application. Applications are available online on the school website, and at any school office. A completed application can be returned to any school office or the District office. Free and reduced priced lunch status is confidential. A new application needs to be filed each academic year.

The Food Service Department follows the meal patterns established by the Federal Government. Your child(ren) will be required to take a minimum of three of the four food items offered at breakfast and three of the five food components offered at lunch. They are required to take 1⁄2 cup of fruit and/or vegetable at each meal, or will be charged as an a la carte, even if you qualify for free or reduced priced meals.

Charges: Students with free lunch status can receive both breakfast and lunch free each school day. For the 2024/25 school year reduced priced students can also receive free breakfast and lunch daily at any school. Full pay students pay the following amounts: Clay Lamberton-Breakfast $1.40, Lunch $2.40; Middle & High School-Breakfast $1.40, Lunch $2.85 daily. Meals for full pay students must be prepaid into their automated food service accounts.

Account Balance Guidelines: You are responsible for your children’s food service balances which can be checked online at the school website or by contacting Cassandra Goldamer from Food Service at: cgoldamer@berlin.k12.wi.us or by calling Cassandra at 920-361-2000 Ext 1505. As a courtesy, an automated call will go out to inform you of a low balance when the account balance is below $5.00, and again when the account is negative. Students may be permitted to accumulate negative food service account balance not to exceed $100. If a student has reached the permissible level of negative lunch account balance, the student's guardian shall be contacted to collect the outstanding charges. A student shall not be permitted to purchase a la carte items without sufficient account balance or cash on hand. Transfers of funds between siblings can also be made using the contact above.

Milk for Purchase (outside of the school meal): Milk costs $.50 per carton for all students (including those that receive free or reduced priced lunch) when purchased alone. Please send exact change of $.50 in cash with your child for milk. This helps our lunch lines move more quickly so that all children have more time to eat lunch.

Online Payments: Recommended method. Food Service payments can be made online, through RevTrak, at the school website. For a small service fee, parents can pay by credit card, debit card or from their bank account anytime of the day.

Payments by Check or Cash: Checks can be made payable to BASD and paid at any school or mailed to: Food Service, Berlin High School, 222 Memorial Drive, Berlin, WI 54923. A collection box is located in each school office for cash and check payments. We do not recommend cash payments, which can be lost or stolen, but if you choose to send cash be sure to put it in an envelope with your name as the payer and your student name(s) and the amount for each student on the envelope or on a note inside. Envelopes for payments are also available at the back of the collection boxes. If you would like a receipt for a cash payment, indicate that on the envelope or note and it will be available for your student to pick up in their school office by the end of the following day. Checks do not need to be in an envelope but, be sure to note your student name(s) and amount(s) in the memo area of the check. Cash and check payments received by 8:30 a.m. will be recorded, payments received after that time will be recorded the next day.

Refunds: Remaining account balances will automatically carry over to the next school year. Balances of graduating seniors will automatically be transferred to siblings, if applicable. Remaining graduating senior balances will be issued by check and mailed to the graduate’s home by the end of June. In the case of leaving the district during the school year, remaining balances will be refunded by the Business Office within 30 days with request and contact information. You may also request to donate your positive balance to help other students pay their negative balance.

Cassandra Goldamer
Director of Food Services
920-361-2000 ext 1505
Email Cassandra Goldamer