Cafeteria Payment Account

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Cash is not accepted at this time

  

Please ensure that you have set up and added funds to your child’s cafeteria account if your child will be purchasing lunches from the cafeteria.

 

Set Up a Cafeteria Account

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• Login to Skyward via a computer (and not a mobile device)

• Click 'Food Service' on the left menu bar

• Click the 'Make a Payment' option found to the right of your student's name

• You will be re-directed to eFunds for Schools, where you can login with your Skyward login credentials (use lowercase characters only)

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eFunds for Schools

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How to Set Up and Add Money to Cafeteria Account​

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• Once you are logged into eFunds, click “Fund Lunch”

• Click “Login”

• Enter your Skyward username and password (case sensitive)

• Select the child that you wish to make a payment for

• Edit the desired amount to add to student’s account

• Click “Add to Cart”

• Click “Begin Checkout” (Auto reload payments can be set up at this point.)

• Enter payment information

• Click “Pay Now”

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How to Set Low Meal Balance Notifications

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• Once you are logged into eFunds, click 'Manage Account' tab, then 'Notification Settings'

• Turn on the 'Low Meal Balance for All Students' notification

• Then select 'Confirm Settings'

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How to Set Amounts for Low Meal Balance Notifications & Auto-Reload Payments

 

This option allows the account holder to set the student’s account to reload a set dollar amount to the student’s account when it hits a low balance amount set by account holder

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• Once you are logged into eFunds, click 'Payment Settings' on the menu bar on the left

• Select 'Low Meal Balance Settings'

• Turn on the 'Configure Notifications' for each student account that you want to enable the notification

• Adjust the 'Minimum Balance' ($10 is recommended), and the 'Replenishment Amount' ($100 is recommended)

• Then select 'Confirm Settings'

 

NOTE: If payment information is changed (e.g., a new credit card or different bank account), you will need to reset the low balance settings for the auto-reload function to work.  

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Transaction Fees

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Each time you deposit money into the cafeteria account, a transaction fee will be assessed.  If your payment method is a direct deposit from your bank, the total fee will $1.  For credit card payments, a sliding scale will be assessed in $5 increments for every $150 added to the account.

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Negative Balance Policy

 

As a reminder, the cafeteria offers the cafeteria account payment option as a convenience to the students and parents and, in turn, asks that parents help support the cafeteria’s efforts to keep a balanced budget by keeping their student’s cafeteria account balance positive at all times. The first time a student’s cafeteria account reaches an actual balance of negative $25, the account will be closed until payment is made. The second time a student’s cafeteria account reaches an actual balance of negative $25, the account will be permanently closed for the remainder of the school year. Failed payments (i.e., bounced or returned payments) will not be counted towards determining actual account balances under this policy. 

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HPISD Meal Assistance Program Policy & Application

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The cafeterias of Highland Park ISD are owned and operated by their respective PTA/PTO.  No federal funds are accepted for the student meal service operation. Any breakfast or lunch assistance given to a Highland Park ISD student is a gift to the student from the Cafeteria PTA/PTO campus in which the student is attending. Funding of the Meal Assistance Program is done independently at each campus through parent donation or outside funding.   For more information, please refer to the Meal Assistance Program Policy.

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