Dear Parents,

     Welcome to the 2026-2027 school year! The food service department at Bloom-Carroll Schools is looking forward to working together to ensure our students will get great healthy meals. We are always working to offer our students healthier and tastier choices. Students will have a choice of the Regular Menu Lunch, a Sack Lunch, or their choice of a Chef’s Salad.

 School meals are a great value and a huge convenience for busy families too! Our breakfast and lunch prices are as follows;

• Breakfast Program:

1. Reduced Price: .30*         -Students, pre-K-12: 1.25         -Adults: 1.60

2. Offered at all schools in the cafeteria

3. Served before the start of school

4. Breakfast includes choice of daily entrée, fruit and juice, 1% Low fat milk or Non-fat chocolate milk

5. All breakfast items are made with whole grains and meet the National School Lunch Program meal requirements

• Lunch Program:

1. Reduced Price: .40*   

2. Preschool: 2.90   *K-8: 2.90   *9-12: 3.00   * Adults: 3.90

3. Lunch includes choice of hot entrees, fresh made Chef’s salads, fresh fruit and vegetable choices, 1% low fat white milk or nonfat chocolate milk

* For the 26-27 school year, Ohio law provides free breakfast and lunch to all students who qualify for reduced lunch prices.

*FREE AND REDUCED MEAL APPLICATIONS: Please fill out an application for free or reduced meals even if you are not sure that you will qualify. It is easy to do on the payschools link from the school website. You will get instant results for online applications. If your child(ren) were eligible for free/reduced meals last year, please remember to submit a new free/reduced form. Last year’s eligibility expired in October, 2026. If you would like to see if your family qualifies, please fill out a form. Forms may be submitted online via the school’s website or call your school’s office to get one sent home with your child.

Prepay: We strongly encourage parents to prepay for their child’s meals on a weekly, monthly, or yearly basis. You can prepay through the serving line, by mail, or through the Payschools link on the school’s website.

Children need healthy meals to learn. We offer healthy meals every day at our schools. We are looking forward to a great year. Please contact me if you have any questions. Thank you for your support and cooperation.

April Steckman

Director of Food Service

740-756-9755

 All lunch menus can be found on the "Documents and Handbooks" section of our website.

*To complete an application for free or reduced lunch, please do so through your PaySchools account. 

MEAL PRICES AND FREE AND REDUCED MEAL INFORMATION

*Free and reduced meal applications: Households may apply for free or reduced-price meal benefits online. Applications are available at payschoolscentral.com or call your school’s office to get one sent home with your child. If your child(ren) were eligible for free/reduced meals last year, please remember to submit a new free/reduced form. If you would like to see if your family qualifies, please fill out a form.  Eligibility for free and reduced-price lunch is based on federal income guidelines or participation in other programs such as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Ohio Works First.

Families are expected to provide money for each student’s meal account on a regular and consistent basis. Our food service department understands that sometimes a student will forget or lose their money, so we do allow charges to a limit. Unpaid charges place a financial strain on the Food Service Department, so please understand that this is to be paid back right away. We will let your child know if they are running low on money in their account and remind them if they are out of money. Parents can also designate that their child may never charge or make certain purchases. To put any purchasing restrictions on a student’s account or if you are unsure of a charge, please contact us.

Lunch Charge Policy:

Grades K-12 will be permitted to charge a limit of three regular meals.

Students are not permitted to charge extras or a  la cart items at any time.

Students with charges will not be permitted to purchase extras until the charges have been paid. Any extra money given to the cashier will be used to pay outstanding charges.

Students should make every attempt to avoid charging by calling a parent for lunch money. Any charges will be carried over to school fees. Failure to pay charges/fees may result in the withholding of diploma/transcript.

Lunch Charge Notification Procedures:

Students will be alerted about low balances daily by the cashier.

Charge notices will be emailed to the parent upon reaching a negative account balance. 

Any unpaid meal charges will be turned over to the Treasurer’s Department for collection. Unresolved lunch charges will remain on student’s fees and must be paid prior to participating in graduation ceremonies.

*Parents can add money to student accounts by cash or check in the school cafeteria or online by using the link to PaySchools Central from the school’s website. There is no charge to use this service. Parents can also set it up to receive low balance alerts even if they do not use it to add money to their child’s account. Go to the school’s website, www.bloomcarroll.org and select the PaySchools Central link. 

With this service, parents can:

• Check account balance

• Set reminders to notify parents when the account is low

• Track spending by viewing student’s cafeteria purchases

• Add money to student accounts

• The service is free to use

• Any remaining balance will transfer to the next school year 

*Families can also fill out an application for free and reduced meals online. Go to the schools website and click on the school meals online application under the Parent Resources heading. Please contact us if you have any questions.