Food Services

As of the 2026-2027 school year, Norton's Food Service Department is proud to be a Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) school, which allows us to provide free breakfast and lunch to all students. This ensures that every child has access to nutritious meals each day. Our goal is to promote health, well-being, and academic success by removing barriers to healthy eating.

Because we are a CEP school, we do not accept or require Free and Reduced-Price Meal Applications. Every enrolled student automatically qualifies for free meals, helping to ensure all children have access to nutritious food to support their learning and development. Families can still qualify for free or reduced fees by direct certification or by a household income survey here.

A la carte items will still be available for purchase. We encourage you to look into PaySchools Central that provides all parents in our district an easy way to manage their child’s lunch account. This can all be done in the convenience of your own home through an easy-to-use online portal: www.payschoolscentral.com. See below for more information regarding PaySchools.

For information on how to participate in the development, review, update, and implementation of the Wellness Policy please contact Kailin Hose at [email protected]

Pay Schools Central

Using www.payschoolscentral.com you will be able to deposit money into an account at your convenience, check your child’s balance, and many other features. Each child in your family can be set up on the same account. If you decide to put money on your child’s account, there is an internet convenience fee of 3.5% to the parent per transaction or $1.75 per transaction for ACH check. Once the money is put on the account, it typically appears in your child’s account in less than 24 hours.

If you choose not to use Pay Schools Central for credit card transactions, the district continues to accept cash and checks at each school cafeteria.

There is a Pay Schools Central Mobile App that provides the ability to make payments to replenish lunch accounts and view purchase history. The Pay Schools Central mobile app is a free download and is available for iOS (Apple) and Android devices.

*PaySchools accounts can also be utilized to pay student fees/charges.

Click the icon below to create your account, complete a Free or Reduced form, receive updates on your student's account balance, and/or make prepayments to your child's meal account online!

Additionally, here is a video and a document to assist you with setting up and using your PaySchools account. Even more resources can be found here on PaySchools site.

Nondiscrimination Statement

In accordance with federal civil rights law and USDA civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its agencies, offices, employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity, in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA (not all bases apply to all programs). Remedies and complaint filing deadlines vary by program or incident.

Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.) should contact the state or local agency that administers the program or contact USDA through the Telecommunications Relay Service at 711 (voice and TTY). Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.

To file a program discrimination complaint, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, AD-3027, found online at How to File a Program Discrimination Complaint and at any USDA office or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by:

Mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Mail Stop 9410, Washington, D.C. 20250-9410;
Fax: (202) 690-7442; or
Email: [email protected].

USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.

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