Pre-Pay Accounts
Food Service is excited to announce that we now have an online payment system available at PayPams.com
Please click on the link below to view information and instructions:
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Food Service will continue to accept cash and check payments at all of our schools.
All
students and staff have a Pre-Pay Nutrition
Account. Parents are expected to pay each Monday by 9 AM for the
meals your child will eat during the week.
Deposits
to the account should be made by
check.
Please Include the following in the memo area
Student name,
Student ID
Teacher's name
Checks should be made payable to: FOOD SERVICES.
All cash
deposits must be in envelopes with the same information. Change will not be given to students. Middle school and high school students may prepay in cash at the register
during lunch.
All returned
checks are
charged a fee of $15.00 from the students account.
As
students take a meal, their name or STUDENT ID will be recorded and their
account charged. Each purchase must be tracked by federal
regulations.
No child ever needs to reveal whether they are
free/reduced/paid. This is confidential information.
Please click on the link below to view the Portland Public Schools Food Service Charge Procedure.
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Students and parents can request a balance report from the school kitchen at any time. You can also request a statement showing all account activity if you have questions about the account.
Positive meal balance remaining at the end of the school year will roll over to the next year.
Even if the student changes school buildings, the money balance will go with them.
Contact your school's food service team leader for more information.
Online Access
You can access your student balance through your student's Infinite Campus Portal. There is a tab for meals that should be updated daily.
Please contact your individual school for more information.
You can also access your student balance through PayPams.com at no cost.
Point of Sale System
All students are
assigned a 4-5 digit student ID. The student ID is confidential.
At the cashier,
they enter their student ID on a keypad, and pay either with money from their
prepay account, cash, or both. Students may have their names checked from
a classroom roster instead of entering their student ID if needed.
Students are offered
three levels of items. They must take an entree and at least one other
item to qualify for the lunch price. Otherwise, the meal
is charged at higher a la carte prices and cannot be claimed as a free or
reduced meal.