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Pay for your child’s school meals online using mySchoolBucks
You can pay for your child’s meals from the comfort of your home using mySchoolBucks — a secure online service that lets you pre-pay for meals online using a credit card, debit card or checking account.
mySchoolBucks allows you the convenience of adding funds to your child’s meal account, scheduling automatic payments, opting to receive an electronic “low funds” reminder message and viewing a monthly report of your child’s daily spending and purchases. If you do not want to pay online, you can still create an account to stay informed of what your child is choosing for lunch.
Breakfast/Lunch School Meals
Children need healthy meals to learn. Stillwater Central School District offers healthy meals every school day. Students in New York State who are approved (with a free and reduced price meals application) will receive breakfast and lunch meals at no charge.
All SCSD students to begin receiving free breakfast/lunch beginning Nov. 1, 2023
We are pleased to announce that all students enrolled at Stillwater Central Schools will be able to receive a FREE breakfast and lunch meal at school beginning on Wednesday, November 1, 2023.
This implementation is a result of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) expanding access to the federal Community Eligibility Provision (CEP). CEP allows eligible schools participating in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs to offer school meals at no charge to all students.
What does this mean for your child(ren) attending the school(s) identified above? Effective Wednesday, November 1, 2023 all students enrolled at Stillwater Central Schools will receive meals at no cost to your household. No further action is required of you.
If you have any further questions, please contact us at 518-373-6100 ext. 30513 or jhopeck@scsd.org.
Sincerely,
Joan Hopeck
Food Service Director
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/ad-3027.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:
mail:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
fax:
(833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
email:
Program.Intake@usda.gov
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
Alternative Income Forms
Alternative income forms are integral to a school district’s operations; the information collected is used to assess a district’s eligibility for specific programs and funding streams. The data enables government agencies to distribute items and services that benefit the educational experience of students such as books, technology, discounts on field trips, SAT/ACT/AP exam fee waivers and more. They can also help students and families qualify for additional programs and resources.
Moreover, the information gathered from alternative income forms ensures the Stillwater Central School District receives the appropriate amount of funding from New York State each year. This funding is essential to the district’s ability to provide a high quality educational experience and daily operations as funding is determined by the needs of students.
Families can access the alternative income form here. If you have any questions or wish to submit a completed form, please contact Joan Hopeck, Food Services Director at jhopeck@scsd.org.
Meal Charging and Prohibition Against Meal Shaming
It is the District’s goal to provide students with access to nutritious no- or low-cost meals each school day and to ensure that a student whose parent/guardian has unpaid meal charges is not shamed or treated differently than a student whose parent/guardian does not have unpaid meal charges. Read the entire policy
USDA Nondiscrimination Statement
In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA.
Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g. Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.), should contact the Agency (State or local) where they applied for benefits. Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.
To file a program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, (AD-3027) found online at: https://www.usda.gov/oascr/how-to-file-a-program-discrimination-complaint, and at any USDA office, or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter 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;
(2) fax: (202) 690-7442; or
(3) email: program.intake@usda.gov.
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
For Nondiscrimination Statement translations, visit https://www.fns.usda.gov/cr/fns-nondiscrimination-statement
