• Free/Reduced Application 2025-2026

• Aplicación reducida gratuita 2025-2026

• How to Apply for Free or Reduced Meals

• Free or Reduced Application FAQ

• Special Diets - Meal Change Request Form

• Meal Charging Procedures

Breakfast -

Breakfast will be served in the dining area, before school starts, at the Elementary School and at the Middle School/High School. Please encourage your child to participate in school breakfast as it is the most important meal of the day. Research studies show that eating breakfast can help students perform better in the classroom. Breakfast can be purchased for $1.25.

Lunch -

School lunch will offer a wide variety of choices. All students are offered entrée choices daily, such as home-style items, Italian foods, Mexican foods, chicken nuggets, salads, wraps, and sub sandwiches. All meals include an entrée choice plus unlimited fruit & veggie bar, and milk choices. Lunch can be purchased for $3.20.

Extra Food -

All students who have taken a school lunch can have extra servings of items from the fruit & veggie bar during lunch at no charge. Extra milk is offered at $.50 per carton, and extra entrees can be purchased for $2.30. Middle/High School students can also purchase other ala carte items (prices vary).

The Point of Sale module in Infinite Campus for purchasing meals is used in our school food service program. Each student will have an account that will be utilized to deposit funds for extra entrees, extra milk, ala carte items, etc.

If you send cash with your child, please place it in a sealed envelope with their name on it. We are not responsible for lost, unidentified, or stolen cash.

Deposits can be made online through the Parent Portal, or turned in to the school office before school starts. Because we receive an overwhelming amount of deposits the morning of the first day of school, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to input all deposits into accounts before the lunch period begins. To insure that your deposit is credited to your student’s meal account on the first day of school, please complete and return the “Start of School Year Payment Form” along with your cash or check, before the first day of school. These may be turned in to any school office.

The online payment system through the Parent Portal offers the option of setting up recurring payments, and receiving notifications when your child’s account balance drops to a designated amount.

Families are responsible for notifying the School Food Service if their child requires a diet modification to be addressed and monitored by the School Food Service. A licensed physician must provide specific written medical documentation. Please contact the School Food Service office at the high school for more information.

If you have any questions or comments about our program, please feel free to contact Jill Boden, Child Nutrition Director at (605) 763-4293 or Jill Boden.  Our breakfast and lunch menus are posted monthly on our website, and can also be found on the Dining tab on our mobile app.

In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA.

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 Agency (State or local) where they applied for benefits. Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.

To file a program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, (AD-3027) found online at: How to File a 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:

1.       mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410;

2.       fax: (202) 690-7442; or

3.       email: program.intake@usda.gov.

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

Non-Discrimination. The Beresford School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other basis prohibited by law and prohibits discrimination, including harassment, in any education program or activity that it operates. Retaliation against anyone who, in good faith, makes a report of harassment or discrimination, files a complaint of harassment or discrimination, serves as a witness, or participates in an investigation or grievance process is also a violation of the Beresford School District’s nondiscrimination policy and is prohibited.

The Beresford School District has designated the following individual(s) to coordinate efforts to comply with and carry out its nondiscrimination responsibilities, and questions regarding the Beresford School District’s nondiscrimination commitments, as well as related laws, regulations, and District policies, may be referred to the designated employee(s): Dr. Dustin Degen (Superintendent), Mr. Troy James (Elementary Principal), Dr. Thomas Merriman (Middle School and High School Principal), and Mr. Owen Reinalda (Assistant MS and HS Principal, Activities Director, and Title IX Coordinator). 

The Beresford School District’s Title IX Coordinator is Mr. Owen Reinalda (301 West Maple Street, Beresford, SD, 57004 FAX: 605-763-5305 & EMAIL: Owen.Reinalda@k12.sd.us)

OTHER DESIGNEES UNDER SECTION 504, THE ADA, ETC.

The Beresford School District is required not to discriminate on the basis of sex by Title IX and its implementing regulations. Inquiries about Title IX may be referred to Mr. Owen Reinalda, Title IX Coordinator, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, or both.

To report information about conduct that may constitute sex discrimination or make a complaint of sex discrimination under Title IX, please refer to https://www.beresford.k12.sd.us/page/title-ix-discrimination-harassment.  

Any person may also report sex discrimination, including harassment, using the contact information listed for the Title IX Coordinator.

The Beresford School District’s nondiscrimination policy and grievance procedures can be located at: https://www.beresford.k12.sd.us/page/title-ix-discrimination-harassment.