The Mill Minute Biweekly Newsletter

Open House / Supply Drop Off

5th Grade Information:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RWf7ZJBHILIFZ7ZtI0Vht08XdHO5cX3ltwP4kh_MxSw/edit

6th-8th Grade Information:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/199L90XI1GUWrtiZR8cz63YJLzirGzJ75W7tmYUhh81s/edit

https://mill.williamsvillek12.org/parents-students/supply-lists

Jill Licata, Senior Clerk Typist & Assistant to Principal McDuffie

Kari Piazza, Clerk Typist & Assistant to Asst. Principal Dabney

Cristina Nochjaski, 10 month Clerk Typist & Assistant to Asst. Principal Chamberlain

Welcome back Lynn Plezia to Attendance!

https://mill.williamsvillek12.org/parents-students/health-office

Anna Cryan & Emily Krezmien - School Psychologists

Stephanie Fitzner - School Social Worker

Karen Stelley - School Counselor for Grade 5

Rachel Simpson - School Counselor for Grade 6

Lindsay Snekser - School Counselor for Grade 7

Sherri Knab - School Counselor for Grade 8

2024-2025 Meal Prices:

Breakfast K-12- $1.40

Lunch K-4 - $2.30

Lunch 5-12 - $2.60

Pre-Payment Options

Families are encouraged to pre-pay for meals by using myschoolbucks.com. To register your child, you will need the nine-digit student ID number listed on your child's report card. Payments may also be taken at the register. Parents may send checks (payable to Williamsville food service) or cash with students to be placed on account. Prepaid meal accounts help the lunch lines go faster and gives students more time to eat, relax, and play. It also gives you the peace of mind of not having to worry about looking for lunch money every day or worry that it might get lost, stolen or used for other things other than lunch.

Things to know:

• If you have more than one child in the District you can handle all online prepayments from the same online account.

• Payments may be made with a major credit or debit card

• In order to use the online prepayment service, a small convenience fee for each transaction will be assessed to cover the bank fees. The convenience fee is $2.75 per deposit transaction. Parents placing money into multiple meal accounts will only be assessed the $2.75 fee once per deposit transaction. Williamsville School District will not profit from the use of this site.

The District Food Service Department will provide one bonus meal for your child for every $92(K-4) or $104 (5-12) you put on their account in one transaction.

STUDENT MEAL PAYMENT OPTIONS/REFUNDS.

Parent/Guardians/Students may pay by check (Made out to Williamsville Food Service), cash or Pay online @ MySchoolBucks.com

Funds should be maintained in accounts throughout the school year so that your student has funds available for meals. There can be no charging of second meals, ala cart, or snacks.

Any remaining student account funds at the end of the school year "graduate" to your child's next grade/school

A written or email request for the account balance for a withdrawn or graduated student is required to obtain a refund. The refund check will be sent to the address on file. It may take 3-5 weeks to receive the check.

Unclaimed funds must be requested within one year

Online Payments

MySchoolBucks account holders – Increase in MySchoolBucks

Convenience Fees Starting March 7th 2024

The Williamsville Central School District’s Child Nutrition Program provides parents with an option to use the MySchoolBucks lunch payment program. Our District makes this lunch payment program available to parents as a convenient way to pay for their child or children’s lunches. The District wishes to notify parents that there is fee of $3.25 per transaction. It is important to state that the District is not affiliated with the MySchoolBucks program and it does not receive any monetary compensation from them when parents choose to use it to pay for school lunches.

Send Check or Cash

You can always bring money personally or send it with your student. Please place it in an envelope marked clearly with your student's name, their ID #, their teacher's name, the $ amount and the check #. Turn in prepaid deposits to the cafeteria cashier(s) or school office.

Download and Print Out a pre-formatted #10 Envelope for making Deposits

If you choose to bring money to school personally or send it with your student, please put it in an envelope clearly marked with the student's first and last name, their ID #, their teacher's name, and the amount enclosed.

Meal Applications

Free and Reduced Price Meals are available to families who believe they may qualify. If your family chooses to apply please complete a Free and Reduced Meal Price Application Form and return (completed) to any school office. Applications will be sent home in September. They will also be available on WITS or in your child's school main office. You will be notified by mail of your child's status. Until notification you must provide your child with a lunch or lunch money. The utmost discretion is used when administering this program. We encourage families to fill out this application if they meet the criteria.

Only complete one application per family. The information you give will be used to determine or prove your child's eligibility for free or reduced-priced meals. This information may also be used for other state or federally funded school benefits.

Factors considered in the application process are household size and total household income. HOUSEHOLD SIZE is considered all persons, related or unrelated: Including parents, children, grandparents who live in your home and share living expenses. The TOTAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME is the income each household member received last month before taxes - this includes wages, social security, pension, unemployment, welfare, child support, alimony, and any other cash income.

Foster children are categorically eligible for free meal benefits. An application is not needed yet there does need to be documentation of status by a state or local entity familiar with the child's status. Foster children may be included in the household application as part of the household size.

To locate summer meals in our area call 1-866-3-HUNGRY (1-866-348-6417)

Williamsville PTSA Council Officers

President:
Jessica O'Neil
Vice President:

Alan Schenk

Treasurer:

Megan Smith

Corresponding Secretary:

Lauren Schellinger

Recording Secretary:
Sandra Karre

PTSA Council Rep:

Lydia Ramos and Kristin Appleby

Contact: williamsvilleptsacouncil@gmail.com

SEPTSA:

Jennifer Weinstein

Contact: williamsvilleSEPTSA@gmail.com

September 2nd - HOLIDAY - Labor Day

September 3rd - First Student Day

September 6th - Code of Conduct Meetings

September 16th - 20th - School Spirit Week

September 20th - New Student Welcome Breakfast & Billies Bash

https://mill.williamsvillek12.org/attendancemod-schedule

Please watch this video so we can keep everyone safe and our dropoff / pickup loop running smoothly.

My Stop is a web-based application available to all Williamsville Central School District parents to access live bus GPS information using a smartphone, tablet or computer and securely view the current location of their child’s bus on routes. The system also provides the school bus’s estimated time of arrival at your child’s bus stop.

MyStop App

What Musical Instruments are allowed on the Bus?

The following musical instruments ARE permitted on a school bus on a regular run to or from school:

• Trumpet
• Clarinet
• Flute
• Alto Saxophone
• Saxophone
• Tenor Saxophone
• Oboe
• Bassoon
• Violin
• Viola
• Trombone
• French Horn

These items must be carried on the student's lap and must not interfere with any other student's ability to enter or exit the bus.

The following musical instruments are NOT permitted on a school bus:

• Baritone Saxophone
• Baritone Horn
• Guitar
• Tuba
• Cello
• String Bass

Please note, new residents in the Williamsville Central School District need to register with the District Office prior to the transportation application being approved.

Sports Sign-Up and Verification Via Parents WITS Account

1. PARENTS log in to your WITS account

2. Go to the Athletics” tab

3. Go to “Sports sign-up”

4. Go to “+ Add”: complete the sports sign-up information for your athlete i.e. athletic agreement, emergency contact information, health history review, etc.

5. Follow the directions for next steps and/or completion of missing information specific to your child as indicated in WITS, click “submit”.

Please note: Only parents may complete the sports sign-up for their athlete through their parent WITS account. Students may not do so and do not have access via WITS. If you do not have a WITS account as a parent, please call 626-8058 to set up an account.

Adam Erickson, South Athletic Director

716-626-8206

Main Office

Phone: 716-626-8300
Fax: 716-626-8326

Attendance: 716-626-8338

Health Office: 716-626-8333
Health Fax: 716-626-8330

Guidance: 716-626-8310

Address:

505 Mill Street

Williamsville, New York 14221