Food Service

DeWitt Public Schools partnership with Chartwells k12, is now using Nutrislice to publish the school menus to a new interactive website and a free smartphone app! You can access your menus anywhere, anytime! Click the apple link to check out the new site, or download the app to your smartphone for mobile access.

Easy-to-use features include:

• More information about menu items, including a photo and description

• Filter for common food allergens like nuts, wheat and dairy

• A Translation feature to translate your menus into a number of different languages

• Access to nutrition information like carb counts and calories with just a few clicks!

Procedures For Setting Up An Account and Making A Deposit

• Create an Account at www.familyportal.cloud

• If you need additional assistance please call Sandy Leach at 517-668-3138.

• If you have an e-mail address you will receive a weekly e-mail message regarding your student(s) low balance.

• You can make a Deposit Online with the following charge cards: Visa or MasterCard.

• Please note it takes approximately 15 minutes to process each deposit.

If My Student Has A Food Allergy, Can You Accommodate For Their Needs?
Before we can make any substitutions or accommodate to any allergy or diets, we need to have a copy of the Michigan Department of Education form completed by your doctor.

Grades K-3 students use ID Cards to make their lunch purchases.

Grades 4-12 students use a Personal Identification Number (PIN) to make their lunch purchases.

In addition, a check or cash can be deposited at any school building. Cashiers accept deposits during meal periods at the Middle School & High School. All buildings have a food service deposit box near the front office/cafeteria area. Please check to make sure the student's name is on the envelope when making a deposit. You can make a deposit for the whole family on one check. We would just need to know all of the student's names you wish to make a deposit for and the school they attend. Deposits are made daily before lunch each daily at Fuerstenau, Schavey, Scott, and Herbison Woods. To keep the lunch period on schedule we will be depositing any funds received during lunch into the next days deposit.

Checks can be addressed to: DeWitt Public Schools Food Service Dept. PO Box 800, DeWitt, MI 48820.

Parents are reminded to make a deposit to their student's lunch account before the first day of school to avoid delays.

FREE AND REDUCED MEALS
2022-23 Free & Reduced Price Meal Application
Frequently Asked Questions Information

Applications are available online at www.familyportal.cloud

Also, applications are available at all school offices, or by calling the Food Services Department at 668-3138.

Students who qualified for Free or Reduced Meals for the this school year are able to use their benefits for the first few weeks of the next school year. A new application must be turned in by the first 30 days of school to continue meal benefits uninterrupted.

JULY 5 is the first date we can start accepting new applications for next school year.

If you received a letter stating that your child was approved for meal benefits through the direct certification process, you will not have to fill out another application. In addition, you will want to keep this letter to verify your student's meal status for other programs within the school district.

When completing the free and reduced application, please include all students enrolled in the on one application, sign, date and include the last four digits of your social security number.

This information is always keep confidential. You may always complete a new application if your family situation changes at anytime through out the school year.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture prohibits discrimination against its customers, employees, and applicants for employment on the bases of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, gender identity, religion, reprisal, and where applicable, political beliefs, marital status, familial or parental status, sexual orientation, or all or part of an individual’s income is derived from any public assistance program, or protected genetic information in employment or in any program or activity conducted or funded by the Department. (Not all prohibited bases will apply to all programs and/or employment activities.)

If you wish to file a Civil Rights program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, found online at http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html, or at any USDA office, or call (866) 632-9992 to request the form. You may also write a letter containing all of the information requested in the form. Send your completed complaint form or letter to us by mail at U.S. Department of Agriculture, Director, Office of Adjudication, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-9410, by fax (202) 690-7442 or email at program.intake@usda.gov.

Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339; or (800) 845-6136 (Spanish).

It is the responsibility of the parents to provide lunch for their children while at school. However, it is important to provide that children receive the nutrition they need to stay focused during the school day. This procedure shall apply in the event that a child neither has a lunch nor the funds to purchase a lunch.

Students are allowed to charge one (1) meal on their account. If a student does not have adequate funds and has reached the charge limit, they will be provided an alternative cheese sandwich with fruit, vegetable and a choice of milk. Money can be deposited into student’s accounts by putting money in an envelope with the child’s name and depositing at their school or by setting up an account at www.familyportal.cloud. In addition, parents can send a check or money order to DeWitt High School; Attn. Food Service Dept.; PO Box 800; DeWitt, MI 48820. All parents who have supplied an email will receive a low balance notice daily when their student reaches $5.00 positive balance and under.

At the discretion of the Food Service Director, a school or private service fund may be established to pay for student’s charged meals, rather than to offer the alternative meal. The Food Service Director will work with each Principal to determine a payment schedule for these meals.