Meal Accounts

Breakfast & Lunch

Lunch and breakfast are provided daily at all Birmingham Public Schools.

All students are offered nutritious and delicious meal choices that align with USDA requirements. The lunch program for secondary students includes a complete meal with a variety of choices, as well as separate a la carte items for purchasing. Adult meals can not be subsidized by federal funds, this is why teachers and other district staffers have a different rate even if the meal is exactly the same.

Access your BPS meal account to make payments, deposit funds, review activity, place restrictions and much more.

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Once a student has officially registered with the BPS, a meal account will be created on their behalf with that student's information being imported from PowerSchool. Students who do not plan on utilizing food services for breakfast, lunch or snack will still have an active account as they could go their entire BPS school career without using that account.

Parents can view their student's account information through the student meal portal, which allows for money deposits, activity review, restriction placement and much more. Funds (cash or check) added to a student's account must be payable to BPS.

District employees utilizing the cafeterias at their respective school sites are encouraged to create an account, too, by sending a request to Chartwells administrators.

Confidential Information

Confidential Information

Information provided to food services is considered confidential unless you specifically name a program or entity with which you would like your information shared. School administrators may find this information helpful to aid your student in their success at the building.

If you wish to share information, please complete the form and submit it (mail, fax or email) to us our Birmingham office.

Account Transfers

Refunds

Negative Account Balances

Each student has their own meal account for breakfast and lunch. All meal accounts should be prepaid - they are not to be used as a charge account; rather, much like a checking or debit account. However, we will never deny a student a breakfast or lunch (unless there is a parental restriction). If your student's BPS breakfast/lunch account (Family Portal) currently has a negative balance we please ask that you pay this balance as soon as possible by either form of payment:

Online at Family Portal
To your child's school with a check payable to BPS or cash

Procedures for students with deficit/negative lunch account balances:

Students will be allowed to charge a complete school meal (entree, fruit, vegetable, and milk) on their lunch account. Parents or guardians will be notified by email from Family Portal that their student has a negative balance and to pay the balance.

*We will never take a hot entree from a student at point of sale - even if this is a second entree.*

If you have any questions regarding your student’s lunch account or would like to control what they are purchasing, please visit Family Portal as parents can change these settings. Any further questions, please contact Chartwells Administrator, at 248-203-3966.

Account Policy

Meal accounts should be prepaid and should not to be utilized as a charge account, but rather more similar to a checking or debit account. Students will never be denied food access unless a parental restriction has been put into place. If an account has a negative balance, we ask that payment is made quickly through the student meal portal or by check/cash at the school.

Students are allowed to charge a complete school meal (entree, fruit, vegetable and milk) on their account. Families will be notified via email regarding negative balances with instructions for payment.

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