Menus & Meal Pay

Please note that school meals will no longer be free of charge for year 2022-2023. Families who may be eligible for free and reduced meals will be required to complete the free and reduced meal application. In addition to eligibilty for free and reduced meals, the free and reduced meal application may also qualify your student for potential EBT and school related benefits!

Attention Parents & Guardians and Care Givers!

You can now submit your Free and Reduced Price Meal Applications online from any Internet-connected computer, tablet, or smartphone!

Submit your application today. It's quick and easy!

1. Go to our secure website: https://frapps.horizonsolana.com/WALB01

2. Follow the onscreen instructions to enter your information

3. Receive a confirmation email after submitting

If you have questions, please contact:

Name:    Jim Bondi
Phone:    203-294-5928
Email:     jbondi@wallingfordschools.org

Time never runs out to apply for free and reduced lunch. You can apply anytime online. You can also download an application from our website, print it out, complete it in it and mail to the Food Service Department. You will receive a response within 10 working days upon receipt of your application. If you have any questions please feel free to call 203-294-5928 or email jbondi@wallingfordschools.org.

Click here for the English School Meal Application
Click here the Spanish School Meal Application

MyPayments Plus Online Payment

MealPayPlus is an Internet-based meal accounting system for parents. We encourage all parents to use MealPayPlus, a state-of-the-art web service that conveniently offers you information regarding your child's meal account. https://www.mypaymentsplus.com

MealpayPlus enables you to do the following:

Deposit funds directly into your child's meal account using credit card, debit card, or electronic fund transfer! A small convenience fee, currently 4.75% per transaction, will be charged. Funds will usually be available for student use at school within twenty four to 48 hours.
Check your child's meal account balances and monitor the food items they purchase at school.
Create settings to automatically replenish your child's account or receive a notification email when the balance is low.
If you don't have a computer, you can still put money on your child's meal account and check the balance via 1-866-764-0702 (toll free).
Do any or all of these activities at your convenience, 24 hours a day/7 days a week.
If you have a technical problem you can call 1-877-237-0946 between the hours of 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM EST.
You can also download the free MyPaymentsPlus app to your iPhone, iPad,or Android device. This app will allow you to perform all the same functions as on a computer.

TO REGISTER YOU NEED YOUR CHILD'S STUDENT ID NUMBER (NOT THEIR PIN NUMBER)

THE STUDENT ID NUMBER CAN BE OBTAINED FROM YOUR SCHOOL

Click on the links below to get started:

Make payment/and/or view account

Frequently Asked Questions

If you are having problems either registering or with you MealpayPlus account you may call their support number 1-877-237-0946 or send them an e-mail at

mealpayplussupport@horizonsoftware.com

How to Move Money from "General" to "Meal Only"

If you would like to move your child’s meal funds from the “General” account to “Meal account you must send a note to the cafeteria manager.

Funds in the General account can be used for both snacks and meals.

Funds in meal accounts are to be used for meals only and can not be used to buy snacks

You need to state your intent and put your child’s name and PIN number in the letter.
Just a reminder that if you want your child to purchase milk only, you need to leave a small amount of money in the “General” account.

Student Meal Account Refunds and Transfers

Meal Account Refunds or Transfers:

Parents of graduating seniors should be aware that they should be requesting a refund or transfer of funds of student meal accounts at the end of the school year.

To obtain a refund of meal account funds, please email the following information to jquigley@wallingfordschools.org:

An email that specifically states you are requesting a refund for all school meal account funds
The name and birthdate of each student
The school the student attends
The address where a refund should be sent to
The name of the person to whom payment should be directed.

Also, if the automatic fund replenish has been activated on the account please be sure to deactivate it before you request a refund or transfer.

To transfer funds into a sibling’s meal account, please email the following information to jquigley@wallingfordschools.org

An email that specifically states you are requesting a transfer for all school meal account funds.
The name, birthdate, and school of the student that the funds should be transferred from.
The name, birthdate, and school of the student that the funds should be transferred to.

Please call the Food Service department at 203-294-5927 with any questions.

Prices

Charge Procedure

Student meal charges:
Please note that on and after December 1st, any student who takes a breakfast meal in the morning or lunch meal during the lunch period, will be charged for that meal, unless they are eligible to receive free meals.
Parents will need to make sure that they communicate with their child or children as to whether or not they are allowed to take a breakfast or lunch meal each day.
Parents are responsible for providing meals or meal money for their student(s). Borrowing or charging is for emergency purposes only. Repayment is expected without delay. Only one school breakfast and/or lunch can be charged each day.

If a student needs has no funds or inadequate funds in their meal account and need to charge a meal or meals, the parent will owe the school for the cost of each meal, and will need to pay back all monies owed in cash to the school office ASAP.

Here is the procedure for those students who take the school meals but do not have any or not enough funds in their school meal account to cover the cost of meals and are not eligible for free meals:

The student will be allowed to have the meal or meals
The cost of the meal or meals will be picked up by the school
The parent will be notified by the school office staff that their child or children owe for a meal or meals.
The parent will need to reimburse the school for the costs of the meals as soon as possible according to the directions in the notification.

Please note that meal charging is not allowed at the High School Level.

Snacks and Ala Carte items cannot be charged.

Free & Reduced Lunch Applications

The free and reduced meal applications for school year 2022-2023 are now available for parents to complete!

It is extremely beneficial for families to fill out and return free and reduced meal applications!

In addition to allowing eligible students to receive school meals for free or at a reduced price, the free and reduced meal applications may also qualify students for discounts or fee waivers on the following school based programs:

Field trips
Sports and athletics
Music
Additional educational programming and testing

To be eligible for the above, in addition to the free and reduced meal application, parents must also fill out the Addendum A, "Sharing Information With Other Programs". Failure to fill out the form may result in your child being ineligible for school related benefits.

Applications can also be completed online at the following website:

https://Frapps.horizonsolana.com/WALB01

For those that prefer physical copies:

Click here for the English School Meal Application

Click here for the Spanish School Meal Application

Click here for Addendum A- Sharing info with other programs

Click here for the Spanish version of Addendum A- Sharing info with other programs

If you have questions, please contact:

Name: Jim Bondi or Jennifer Quigley

Phone: 203-294-5927

Email: jbondi@wallingfordschools.org or jquigley@wallingfordschools.org

FAQ about Food Service

Interested in Working in Our Food Services Program?

The Food Service Department is always looking for a few good people to help produce and serve meals to our students in each of our schools.

These are ideal positions for parents who could use some extra income and want or need to work around their children's school schedules.

Interested applicants can apply online. Simply scroll down to the bottom of the website and click on Employment Opportunities to get started.

Physical applications can also be obtained at the Board of Education Offices at 100 South Turnpike Road, Wallingford CT, 06492

Allergies

Snack List Pricing and Carb Counts - School year 2022-2023

Snack Pricing will be updated as soon as possible. Please accept our apologies are we are dealing with supply chain issues, and an ever changing snack list scenario.

The following snacks and Ala Carte Items will be sold at all schools in the 2022-2023 school year. All snacks sold meet the State of Connecticut and Federal Government Healthy Snack Standards.