MyMealTime
Lunch Program Information
The program allows for the purchase of one lunch meal per day at the meal price set up for Paid, Reduced, or Free qualifying status. If a student purchases a second meal, OR MILK ONLY, or any ala carte item, their account is charged at the per item price regardless of eligibility.
The Meal Time system assures the privacy of students who qualify for free or reduced price meals. The system also keeps track of how your student is spending their deposited funds. Parents can make deposits, view their student’s account history, and receive emailed low balance notifications by setting up an account at mymealtime.com website or by cash in the school office.
The following policy applies to student accounts:
- No cash sales are accepted from students in the payment line.
- Students should not overspend their account by anything more than $10.00. If a student’s account does not have sufficient funds, a student will be allowed to purchase into this threshold up to $10.00.
- Online deposits can be made at any time and are usually applied to a student’s account within one hour of submission. We strongly encourage parents to use the online system to monitor your child’s account and sign up for low balance email reminders. PARENTS are responsible for making sure their children have enough money in their account to purchase meals.
Negative Balance Procedures
- District 95 encourages parents/guardians to prepay meals for their children through the mymealtime.com website, thereby eliminating situations that could develop during school-day meal periods because of negative balances.
- Once the $10.00 negative meal charge is reached with no repayment, students should bring a lunch from home until the charges are paid in full. This applies to both full pay and reduced priced students.
- A student cannot purchase additional ala carte items if they do not have sufficient funds on their account.
MealTime Online - Account Creation
School District 95 is transitioning to a different computerized system for purchasing school meals. Parents and guardians will continue to have the opportunity to view their student's lunch purchase history, current balance and make credit card deposits via the internet. No student balance information will be sent home. Student balance information will be available through this portal.
You will need your student’s ID number and legal first name. Contact your school office if you require your student’s ID number.
From your web browser, go to www.mymealtime.com.
Step 1: Create a MealTime Online parent account
- Click on the "Register" button
- Enter a birthdate and agree to the terms of use.
- Fill out the MealTime Online profile information: The password must contain at least 8 characters, 1 uppercase letter, 1 lowercase letter, 1 number, and 1 special character.
Step 2: Add Students
- Login to your MealTime Online account (using the Username and Password that you created in Step 1
- Click on Add New Student button. (If you do not see this option or are attempting to add a second student, navigate to “Manager Cafeteria Accounts” the left hand side menu and select “New” from there. )
- Choose Illinois from the drop down State box
- Choose your School by typing in the search bar eg. Brookpark or SE Gross and selecting it from the drop down list.
- Enter the child’s first name and student ID number (reach out to school office if you need to know your student’s ID number).
Step 3:
- To Make a Deposit
Click on the “Home - Deposit Funds” menu option on the left hand side. Select the “Add $” button next to your student to deposit funds into the account. There is a 4.9% transaction fee for this service. (Please remember, fees added to this account are for cafeteria funds only.)
- To View Balance and Purchase History
Click on View Details next to your student's name. The balance will appear in the Student Details section. To view purchase history, choose the month you wish to view from the drop down menu.
Note:
To ensure you properly receive the email notifications from the system, please ensure you have whitelisted emails from MyMealTime: *.mymealtime.com
Online deposits are processed twice per day. An sync of student information occurs nightly. Please allow 24 hours for your balance to be reflected.
MyMealTime balances are only used for cafeteria purchases.
To add cash to your students cafeteria balance, you must come into the school office and speak with a secretary.
You can add multiple student balance deposits to a single cart purchase. The transaction fee applies at the end of the cart purchase, not to each item independently. If you are adding balances to multiple students at one time, you will only be charged one transaction fee.
If you have any questions, please contact your school office.