Meal Order Counts

Meal Counts

When attendance is taken, a meal count can also be taken for meal planning purposes. 

Contact SchoolWise support to enable this optional feature if desired.

The total meal count for the class can be added using the Meal Count link in the teacher gradebooks or the desktop attendance form. 

Meal Counts by Student

The optional “Meal Counts by Student” feature can be added to the teacher gradebook online attendance form. 

This feature will add meal count buttons on a separate row under each student. So there will be 2 rows of buttons for each student – the top row has the attendance status buttons and the bottom row has the meal count buttons. You can have counts for up to 3 meals per day. The total student meal count sum is shown in the class meal count summary.

Note: The desktop attendance form only has total meal counts for the class, it does not include the individual meal count details for each student which are only shown in the teacher gradebooks (when enabled).

If there is only one option for a meal, click the button to order the meal. The button will fill in with green indicating yes and show a checkmark. The button with an empty outline indicates No.

If there is more than one option for a meal, then the button will include a dropdown list – tap once to open the list, then select the item from the list. Items are the defined meal count items in the SIS.

Each countable meal can have a pattern associated with it to filter only the items that apply to that meal. For example, lunch can be set to only include meal count items that contain the word “Lunch”.

Course names can also be used to filter the items, where you can change the available items for different classes. For example, it can be set so that any class with “Preschool” in the course name will only show meal items with “Preschool” in the item name. 

Reports for Meal Planning

The following reports capture the meal counts from the attendance forms. These reports capture the meal counts taken during attendance for planning purposes, not the actual served meal counts.