Dear NRSD Families, 

Welcome to the 2025-2026 School Year! I hope you are all as happy as I am that we are able to start our new school year, a fresh year means a fresh start. As we come into this new year with all of the changes that it brings for our Districts’ staff, students, and parents I wanted to make sure you all know that NRSD Food Service is once again dedicated to serving delicious, wholesome, quality meals that meet the latest nutritional guidelines. As a refresher, here are some of the features your children enjoy and information to help you navigate the School Lunch Program. 

Every student in the school district is automatically enrolled in the food service program. Every student is eligible for a free breakfast and lunch daily. All schools have computerized systems and your student will have an account in each system readily available. 

You are responsible for all charges on your child's account if any. If you do not wish your child to be able to make purchases through the food service program, please send a letter stating that to myself, Michael Onorato the Food Service Director at monorato@nrsd.org. A child wishing to purchase a la carte items will only be refused if a letter from the parent or guardian is on file. Students are only able to charge a la carte items to their account if funds have been deposited to their account already.

NRSD Food Service is self-funded and receives no local tax dollars other than utilities. Funds from the State and Federal Government are received through meal reimbursement and the Government Food Surplus Program. NRSD school cafeterias are meeting and exceeding new strict federal nutrition standards for school meals, ensuring that meals are healthy and well-balanced, portion controlled and provide students all the nutrition they need to succeed at school and at home. 

School meals offer students 1% or fat free milk, a large variety of fruits and vegetables, proteins and grains, and they must meet strict limits on saturated fat and portion size. School lunches must also meet additional standards requiring:

• Age-appropriate calorie limits 

• Larger servings of vegetables and fruits (students must take at least one serving of produce at both breakfast and lunch) 

• A wider variety of vegetables, including dark green and red/orange vegetables and legumes 

• Fat-free or 1% milk (flavored milk must be fat-free) 

• Whole grains rich foods 

• Reduced sodium levels 

School meals are a great value and are convenient for busy families too! Please see our school lunch menus for the breakdown of pricing for each school.

We look forward to welcoming your children to the cafeteria this year and feeding them fun and healthy meals! 

Payment Process, how to deposit money into your student’s account for a la carte purchases; 

You can make payments by: 

1. Write a check for the amount you would like to have deposited into the account. Any amount left in your students account at the end of the school year will roll over into the following year. 

2. Please make checks payable to NRSD Food Service 

   
   

3. Check Payments – be sure that your students full name and school are written in the memo section of your check. 

   
   

4.  You can send the check in with your student or mail it to; Food Service Director NRSD Central Office 462 Baldwinville Road, Baldwinville, MA 01436

Cash Payments (we do not recommend): Cash cannot be traced if lost. Put the money into a sealed envelope with your student’s full name and school on it and send it in with your child to school. 

MySchoolBucks is just what its name implies -a central hub for all parent payment activities. To manage school lunches, fees, and activities, parents log in to MySchoolBucks online or on a phone app and pay with a link to their bank account or a credit or debit card. It’s simple - but when you dig deeper, you’ll see that it’s also an incredibly powerful and full-featured tool. Visit www.myschoolbucks.com for more information. 

Free/Reduced Meals Re-Applications are not necessary this year since NRSD schools are part of the Community Eligibility Program (CEP). 

Ala Carte Items and snack drinks are not included under the Free and Reduced Meals Program. 

I am excited to work with everyone to feed the children of our district. Reach out directly with any questions you may have. I am happy to assist with any of your needs.

Best,

Michael Onorato
Michael Onorato, Food Service Director NRSD

Step 1: Create a User Account

Step 2: Add the district to the account

Step 3: Add student(s) to the account

Step 4: Fund the account(s)

Non-Discrimination Statement:

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/USDA-OASCR%20P-Complaint-Form-0508-0002-508-11-28-17Fax2Mail.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.