Meal Payment Information

Meal Payment Information

Electronic payments for school meals

Kingsport City Schools is no longer using MyPayments Plus. Please visit Titan School Solutions to set up a new account, to check low balances, monitor purchases, and deposit funds via bank account or credit card. 

 

Parents may still deposit money into their students account by sending cash or a check to school. Checks should be made out to the school cafeteria name. For example, parents of students at Dobyns-Bennett High School will write checks to D-B Cafeteria and include their students pin number on the check's memo line.

Meal charge procedures

The meal is defined as the federally funded meal on the day insufficient funds occurs. This excludes all ala carte items. 

  • When insufficient funds reach negative $5.00, a notice of insufficient funds shall be sent home with the student (elementary and middle schools only).
  • The insufficient funds reminder will be sent home weekly by the cafeteria manager for accounts that are greater than negative $5.00.
  • When insufficient funds reach negative $20.00, a standardized insufficient funds letter and a free and reduced meal application will be mailed by the school.
  • Once a student account balance reaches negative $20.00, a student will no longer be allowed to charge a meal of choice. Until charges are corrected, a student will receive a sandwich and milk in lieu of a chosen meal for lunch only. There will be no alternative food items for breakfast.
  • If the charge limit is exceeded multiple times during the school year, or is problematic with the student, the student can be referred to the Family Resource Center or the School Based Family Liaison at any time.
  • Toward the end of the school year, the SNS office will provide each school a list of students who maintain a negative balance.  

insufficient funds

 
  • Only Elementary and Middle School students are allowed to charge for meal purchases and not a la carte food items.
  • When insufficient funds reach negative $5.00, a standardized insufficient funds letter generated by the cafeteria manager shall be mailed to the parents each week until the balance is paid.
  • If insufficient funds reach negative $20.00, a student will no longer be allowed to charge a meal of choice. Until charges are corrected, a student will be charged for a sandwich, milk and fruit in lieu of a chosen meal for lunch. There are no alternative food items for morning meals therefore a student with $20 or more dollars in meal charges will not be allowed to charge a breakfast meal.
    • If the charge limit is exceeded multiple times during the school year or is problematic with the student, the student can be referred to the Family Resource Center or the School Based Family Liaison at any time.
    • Any unpaid charges at the end of the year will result in the unpaid charges rolling over to the next school year.

federal free/reduced meal applications

To apply for free or reduced school meals, download the forms below. Completed applications can be faxed to (423) 378.2109 or can be turned in to your child’s school cafeteria/office or brought to School Nutrition Services Department at 400 Clinchfield Street, Suite 200, Kingsport, TN 37660.
Please contact Andria Ball, SNS Bookkeeper/Office Assistant at (423) 378.2113 or [email protected] with questions regarding meal prices, payments and/or free/reduced meals.