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Irene Reither Elementary School Menu
Our Mission
Food Service is a self-supporting, customer driven, department that provides nutritious food in a cost effective manner building healthy minds and bodies ready to learn.
Research has shown that there is an important, positive relationship between good nutrition and health, behavior and student learning. The Meridian School District participates in the National School Lunch Program, the School Breakfast Program and the USDA Food Distribution Program. United States Department of Agriculture regulations guide our program. The menus meet the USDA specifications based on the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Healthy Americans.
Contact
Rob Dunn
Director of Food Services
360-318-2267
Food Service Leads
Renee Fox
Irene Reither Elementary
360-318-2478
Bobbi Frost
Meridian Middle School
360-318-2360
Lisa Swanson
Meridian High School
360-318-2278
Free and Reduced Meals
Free and reduced price meals are available for those children whose families meet federal income eligibility requirements. An application may be downloaded, and are also available in the school offices. To apply for free or reduced meals pricing, please complete the application form, sign and return it to your child’s school. Directions for completing the application are on the form. Both breakfast and lunch are included when a child is eligible for free and reduced price meals.
A new application must be filled out each year by October. However, if your family qualified last year for free or reduced price meals, your children may eat at last year’s determination until the new application is processed. If you did not participate in a free or reduced meals last year and are completing an application for this school year, meals must be paid for at the full price until you receive a determination letter. All applications are processed within 10 days after they are received in the food service office. Students receiving free or reduced price meals are not treated differently or singled out from those paying full price.
- 2023-24 Letter To Households
- 2023-24 Free & Reduced Application
- 2023-24 Carta a los Grupos Familiares
- 2023-24 Solicitud de Group Familiar Para Recibir Comidas Gratuitas Y De Precio Reducido
- Consent to Share Eligibility Form
Meal Payments
We accept meal payments through MealTime Online.
- Create a free MyMealTime Online profile: Click on the “Create new profile” link and enter a username and password that you will use to login to MealTime Online. The username and password must be at least six characters.
- Add your student: Login to your MealTime Online account (using the Username and Password that you created in Step 1), click on “Meal Account Deposits” then click the “Add New Student” link and add your student by entering their first name and student ID number. Your student ID number is the one that has been assigned by Skyward or the school.
- Make a Deposit: Click on the “Make Deposit” link to make a deposit into a school account. There is a transaction fee for making deposits. Click on the “View Details” link next to your student’s name to view their cafeteria account balance and purchase history.
You can now login anytime, anywhere to securely and conveniently monitor your student’s lunch account and make payments. Still have questions? View the MealTime Online FAQ.
Frequently Asked Questions
Pandemic Summer P-EBT 2023
If you need this information in another language, call the P-EBT Help Center at 1-833-518-0282 and press #5 to speak to a representative. Visit dshs.wa.gov/PEBT for more information. Address change or lost card? Families should contact the P-EBT Call Center at 1-833-518-0282
- Students qualify for P-EBT benefits if they qualify for free or reduced-price meals at the end of the 2022-23 school year.
- There is no application for families to participate if they qualify.
- Benefits will be issued to eligible students on an EBT card sent to their household in the mail. Each eligible student will receive a separate card.
- Existing families will receive a letter informing them of new funds and no new card will be sent. Families can use existing cards.
- New families will receive a letter informing them of new funds and a card will be sent.
- Information will be provided with card on how to decline benefits. Benefits are not transferable and cannot be gifted or donated.
- The Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) has a program that gives parents/guardians the option to sign up for P-EBT text notifications. In the meantime, please sign up for text alerts.