Payment for Lunches

GTACS has two options for funding your child’s lunches. Both options offer the advantage of eliminating the handling of cash in the dining room and expedite lunch lines so we can focus on the students and their daily interaction with healthy foods as a pathway to life-long wellness.

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Meal Pricing and Dining Services Information

GTACS uses a Point of Sale (POS) software debit system called Meal Magic for our student meal payment management. This system allows us to automatically deduct your child’s meal price from an account that you fund in one of the following ways:

OPTION 1: PAY BY CHECK
Write a check to GTACS for your child’s meals. Families may fund their children’s accounts in increments of 20 meals or more, per child, at a time. We are happy to accept payment for the entire school year at once and if, for any reason, there is a balance left at the end of the year, GTACS will refund the balance or the amount can be rolled into the following calendar year. If a 20-meal increment is prohibitive for you, we will accept lower meal total funding as needed.

Milk: For families that routinely switch between hot lunch service and brown bagging, your child’s milk can be purchased for 40 cents by using this POS debit system. This is the preferred method of payment to eliminate the quarters and dimes needed each week to pay for milk. GTACS requests that you maintain a balance of at least $10, if possible, in your child’s account for that purpose.

To help us expedite input of your funds, we ask that you either mail or drop off your checks to the St. Francis school office; Attention: Dining Services, 123 E. 11th St., Traverse City, MI 49684 or leave your payments for Dining Services with the front desk at your child’s school site.

Note: If you have more than one child, please indicate how to break down the check total for each child. You no longer need to write a separate check for each child at a different school. One check can fund all of your children as long as we know how to break down the full amount for each child. If no information is provided, we will divide the check amount evenly between all children attending GTACS.

OPTION 2: ONLINE DEPOSIT
You may also fund your child’s account electronically by visiting www.sendmoneytoschool.com. Users must pay a flat fee of $3.00 for each transaction but you may find the convenience is worth the fee. What’s more, this system allows you to view your child’s lunch account balance. (In Option 1 above, there is no way to view your account online.) To learn more about the service, please visit www.sendmoneytoschool.com and click on the FAQ link. Your check is simply deposited into an account and we keep a running total of the deductions each time your child receives a lunch. When you have questions about your account balance or would like your child’s ID# to enroll in online deposits contact Karen Spencer, Dining Services Assistant, at 995-8454 or kspencer@gtacs.org.

We encourage you to begin funding your child’s account at any time.