Food Service

Free and Reduced Meals

Free and Reduced Meals

The Free/Reduced Meals application for 2026-2027 is now available.

If your family would like to apply for free or reduced meals for the current school year, please download the instructions and application below.  Completed applications can be returned to your child's school or mailed to the Food Services Office at 375 N Eagle Street Oshkosh, WI 54902.

Complete the 2026-2027 Application Online!

• Log into the parent portal to complete the application.
• Instructions on how to fill out the application-English   Spanish   Hmong
• Frequently Asked Questions-English   Spanish    Hmong

Paper Applications - English    Spanish    Hmong

Sharing Information with other Programs Form: English   Spanish   Hmong

Payments and Refunds

Online Payments

Through the Infinite Campus Parent Portal, you will be able to make electronic payments to your child’s food service account.  Payments may be made as a direct transfer from a checking or savings account or from a credit card.

Credit Cards/Debit Cards

Payments from credit cards or debit cards can be made online through the Infinite Campus Parent Portal. Click here to make an online payment.

Check

A Deposit Form can be printed and sent along with your child to the school your child attends, mailed to the school, or mailed to the Food Services Office at 375 N. Eagle Street, Oshkosh, WI 54902.  Please write the check out to the school you are sending the payment.

Cash

A Deposit Form can be printed and sent along with your child or mailed to the school.  Sending cash with small children is not recommended.

Refunds

Refunds will be granted for students and families exiting the district and in limited situations, when a student no longer uses the account.  Refunds will only be issued through the Food Services Office.  To get your refund, please complete a Refund Request Form. 

If you child has a food allergy or condition that affects their food intake, and may need modification to school meals, please fill out the Special Dietary Request Form and have it completed by a licensed medical practitioner. Please return completed forms to your child's school nurse or email them to Jennifer Fournier at jennifer.fournier@oshkosh.k12.wi.us. 

Menus and nutritional information are available on our Nutrislice Website or by downloading the Nutrislice App on your smartphone. Nutrislice can be used to check nutrition information, filter menus for allergens, or check carb counts. Please note, while we do our best to update and ensure accuracy of nutrition information, this tool is to be used as a guide only. For specific questions, please contact Jennifer Fournier at 920-424-4936, ext 5593. 

The Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) is a program that allows schools with high numbers of low-income children to serve breakfast and lunch to all students at no charge, even if they do not submit a Free and Reduced Price School Meals Application.

We are pleased to inform you that students enrolled in the following 13 schools can receive free school meals – as part of the USDA’s Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) – in 2025-2026:

• Emmeline Cook Elementary School
• Franklin Elementary School
• Jefferson Elementary School
• Lakeside Elementary School
• Menominee Elementary School
• Oaklawn Elementary School
• Read Elementary School
• Roosevelt Elementary School
• Perry Tipler Middle School
• South Park Middle School
• Vel Phillips Middle School
• Oshkosh North High School
• Oshkosh West High School

Please note that while a free and reduced meal application is not necessary to participate in the free meals offered at these schools, the district still requires the application be filled out to determine if a household is eligible for other programs and benefits. 

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When inclement weather forces the closing of schools, the menu is affected.  Normally the menu entrees are "pushed ahead" one day resulting in one menu entree being eliminated.

Looking for a job that offers competitive wages and a benefit package?  Chartwells K12 has an opportunity for you!  Apply today to join our team or call the Food Services office at 920-424-4936.

Offer versus Serve or OVS is a concept that applies to menu planning and to the determination of reimbursable school meals. OVS allows students to decline some of the meal components offered at breakfast and lunch.  The goal is to reduce plate waste and also to allow students to make choices they prefer.  At breakfast, students must select a minimum of 3 different meal components and at lunch, students must select 3 of the 5 offered meal components.  At lunch, 1 of the 3 must be a fruit or vegetable.

Beginning with the 2014-15 school year, USDA regulations require that all foods and beverages sold on the school campus* during the school day** comply with the Federal nutrition standards.   This includes foods and beverages sold in the school breakfast and lunch programs, a la carte, in school stores, snack bars and vending machines as well as food produced during culinary classes that is sold to students.  

A key component of the Smart Snacks in Schools regulation is fundraising.  The new guidelines for fundraising are as follows:

• Schools may conduct any number of fundraisers during the school day if the items sold meet nutrition standards.
• Fundraisers that occur outside of the school day need not adhere to the nutrition standards. 
• The standards do allow for a special exemption for infrequent fundraisers that do not meet the nutrition standards. Currently, School Principals are determining “infrequent”.  This fall, the Student Wellness Committee will reconvene and review the latest guidance regarding “infrequent”.
• Foods sold on the school campus that cannot be consumed onsite are exempt from this rule (e.g. frozen pizza fundraisers).

There are several successful fundraisers that are unrelated to food or are embracing the idea of providing access to only healthy food. Gift card sales, trash bag sales, garage sales, hosting a community race/walk, school dance, teacher student competitions, and recycling drives have all proved to be profitable for schools in the past. Many more ideas and resources can be found on the Alliance for a Healthier Generation website https://www.healthiergeneration.org/take_action/schools/snacks_and_beverages/fundraisers/.

Schools play an important role in providing access to healthy food and to limit conflicting messages regarding healthy habits. This transition will definitely take time. However, as it is our responsibility to provide education about academic topics in schools as well as recognizing the importance of motivating and supporting students to as they develop the priceless skill of healthy eating.

*The school campus includes all areas of the property under the jurisdiction of the school that are accessible to students during the school day. 

**The school day is defined as the time period from midnight before through 30 minutes after the end of the official day.

Related Links:  

• Smart Snacks in Schools (USDA Brochure)
• District Student Wellness Policy 341.5, Rule 
• District Standards

In 2010, the Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act was passed.  It included new provisions that place a greater emphasis on the implementation, evaluation, and transparency of local wellness policies in schools with the National School Lunch Program.  These provisions are:

• Include goals for nutrition education and promotion, physical activity, and other school-based activities to promote student wellness.
• Include nutrition guidelines for all foods available on school campus.
• Permit parents, students, representatives of the School Food Authority, the school board, school administrators, physical education teachers, school health professionals and the public to participate in the development, implementation, review, and update of the Student Wellness Policy.
• Inform and update the public about the Student Wellness Policy’s content and implementation.
• Measure and make available to the public an assessment on the extent to which schools are in compliance with the Student Wellness Policy and a description of the progress made in attaining goals of the Student Wellness Policy.
• Designate one or more school officials to ensure that each school complies with the Student Wellness Policy.

For more information regarding Local Wellness Policies go to:  http://healthymeals.nal.usda.gov/local-wellness-policy-resources/school-nutrition-environment-and-wellness-resources-0

The Oshkosh Area School District's Student Wellness Committee meets on a regular basis to discuss student wellness updates. A copy of the current Wellness Policy po8510 can be found Here.

The committee is committed to meeting the nutrition goals of the schools and the community.  Members have the ability to develop, review, update, and implement the policy.  New members are always appreciated.  The be a part of this committee, please contact the Food Service Office at 920-424-4936 or please reach out to the Director of Food Services Miranda Prisland at Miranda.Prisland@oshkosh.k12.wi.us. 

In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.

Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ad-3027.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:

1. mail:
   U.S. Department of Agriculture
   Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
   1400 Independence Avenue, SW
   Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
2. fax:
   (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
3. email:
   Program.Intake@usda.gov

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.