Bear Creek Elementary School

Grapevine-Colleyville ISD
Administrative Regulation
Student Unpaid Meal Charges

Procedure for Students with Unpaid Meal Charges 

Parents/Guardians shall monitor their student’s school meal account to ensure that they always have a positive balance. In the event that a student does not have a positive balance, the student may charge up to  6 meals to their account. Only reimbursable meals may be charged. A la carte items may not be charged. Communication about a negative meal balance will be sent to parents/guardians via email.  Students who have exceeded the  6 charged meal limit, will be offed an alternative meal that will be charged to the student’s account.

Parents/Guardians are encouraged to sign up to monitor and manage their student’s meal account through myschoolbucks.com website. Benefits include:
• Low-balance email alerts
• Monitor account balances
• View meal transactions 
• Set up automatic payments
• Pay online with a nominal convenience fee 
• Myschoolbucks has a free mobile app that is available for both iPhone and android users in the app store or play store

Additionally cash or check payments are accepted at the school cafeteria.

Nutrition Services will email a negative balance notice to the email address on record through Skyward once a week until there is a positive balance in the account. Also, parents can receive email alerts based on the low balance threshold the parents select through www.myschoolbucks.com.

Monday-Thursday 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Friday 8 - 4 p.m.

USDA Nondiscrimination Statement (English)

In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.

Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/USDA-OASCR%20P-Complaint-Form-0508-0002-508-11-28-17Fax2Mail.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:

1. mail:
   U.S. Department of Agriculture
   Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
   1400 Independence Avenue, SW
   Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
2. fax:
   (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
3. email:
   [email protected]

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.