MY School Bucks
Online Payments
MSAD #60 has partnered with My School Bucks, an easy-to-use online platform, to streamline payments for various school-related items and activities. Families can conveniently make payments for yearbooks, activity fees, school nutrition accounts, field trips, and school events, all in one place. This system provides a secure and efficient way to manage school-related expenses, helping to eliminate the need for cash or checks.
With My School Bucks, parents can create an account, track transactions, and set up automatic payments or low-balance alerts for nutrition accounts. This ensures timely payments and helps avoid interruptions in services. The platform is accessible via a website or mobile app, making it easy for families to stay organized and up-to-date with their child's school needs. Get started at www.myschoolbucks.com.
REFUNDS:
MSAD #60 cannot process refunds for online charges directly back to a credit card as we do not save or store any credit card information. If a refund is approved, it will be issued via check.
FUNDS ADDED TO MEAL ACCOUNTS:
Funds added to meal accounts are designated exclusively for the student they were intended for and cannot be transferred to another student. Additionally, these funds cannot be applied to other online fees or products offered by MSAD #60 through MySchoolBucks. Meal account funds are strictly reserved for meal purchases and are managed separately from other MySchoolBucks transactions.
Online Meal Accounts
Did you know that you can access your child’s account by registering through the MySchoolBucks.com? Click this link and you can make payments and monitor what they’ve been eating! There’s all kinds of other information available too – resources for good nutrition, tools for making healthy choices, etc. MySchoolBucks brings it all together and makes healthy eating easier for children and their parents!
To register you’ll need their 7 digit school id # – to get this number, please call your child’s school or the School Nutrition Office
at 676-2234,ext. 5 or email – julie.downs@msad60.org
School district staff can also take advantage of this service
PLEASE NOTE: Once you register, it does take some time to process so you will not be able to see your account info immediately. You can also register without actually putting money on your child’s account. By registering it gives you the option to look at their account to see what they’ve been eating, put money on their account, or both.
How Meal Accounts Work
Each child is assigned a 7 digit id number when they are first registered in the district. The last 4 digits of this number is the number they will key into the pin pad at the cash register to access their meal account. The cashier can also look up their account by last name. Once a child accesses his/her account, the cashier charges the account for items purchased. If a child’s balance begins to get low, you will receive a note or automated telephone call to remind you to send in more money (this applies only to grades K – 8). Important note: Please be assured that any children who are on free or reduced meals cannot be identified in the lunch line. All accounts are kept confidential.
Special alert notes on accounts: We can place specialized notes on accounts that will pop up when the account is first accessed. For example – medical notes concerning allergies to milk, peanuts etc. Some parents find that their child is purchasing too many extras and can request a note that might say “no snacks allowed”, “lunch meals only”, etc. Parents can request an account note by sending in a note to the school’s kitchen manager or by calling the School Nutrition Office.
Payments made at school: For grades K – 8, payments made at school must be presented to the cashier in an envelope including the child’s full name, teacher, grade and amount enclosed. Pre-printed envelopes are available and will be sent home as needed. When making a payment by check, the entire amount of the check will be put on your child’s account, no change can be given back to your child. Checks should be made payable to MSAD #60 School Nutrition Program.
Year-end account balances: Any balances (including negative balances) that are remaining on accounts at the end of each school year roll over from grade to grade along with your child. Seniors who are graduating are encouraged to use up their balances. Refunds on accounts can be requested with a written note from a parent/guardian including the name the check that needs to be made out to and a mailing address.
ATTENTION SENIORS:
Please try to use up your meal account balance before your last day of school. If you have a balance remaining and would like a refund, please have a parent or guardian request it in writing to the School Nutrition Office at 676-2234, ext. 5.
Charging Guidelines
As the following charge policy is updated for the school year 2023-2024:
As per the new Food Shaming Bill (SP0620, LD1684), a reimbursable meal will not be refused or taken away from a child. One reimbursable meal will be available per meal service time (breakfast and lunch) free of charge to all students. A student will not be allowed to purchase any a la carte items, such as snacks or second meals, that are not contributing to a reimbursable meal if there are not sufficient funds on a student’s account. We will not communicate to the student, per the law, any information regarding the balance on their account unless the child specifically asks. If a student attempts to purchase an a la carte item without sufficient funds, we can communicate to them that they do not have sufficient funds to purchase that item and they will be encouraged to get their one reimbursable meal. We will not refuse a meal to a child unless we have written documentation from a parent specifically requesting that no meals be served to their child. Parents can access their child’s meal activity at www.myschoolbucks.com. Money can be deposited safely onto a student's account through myschoolbucks. Cash and checks are also accepted when sent with the student to the cafeteria. Please include your child’s name on any form of payment to ensure an accurate deposit.
Drafted 09/01/2023
Abbey Hubbell, School Nutrition Director
