Pre-Payment Options
Dear Parents,
We’ve teamed up with My School Bucks, an online service where you can easily and securely pay for school meals using a credit/debit card or electronic check.
Using My School Bucks you can:
● Add funds to your student’s meal account
● View account balances & cafeteria purchases
● Receive low balance alerts
Get started in 4 easy steps:
1. Download the mobile app or visit myschoolbucks.com
2. Create your free account
3. Add your student
4. Add funds to your student’s meal account
If you have any questions about getting started with My School Bucks call (855) 832-5226. For any general questions please contact Linda Blair at 540-661-4579.
Thank you
There are three ways to pay for your child’s a la carte purchases
- Credit card payment or electronic check at My School Bucks.
- Cash or check deposited through the food services cashier. Please note that the cashiers are not permitted to provide change. Any additional money after the sale will be credited to your account. Parents and guardians may make deposits into their child’s/children’s accounts in cash or by check at any school through the food services cashier.
Money on account may be used for additional a la carte items including extra milk.
*Please follow this link for information on student charges and meal account debt: School Board Policy EF-R
Community Eligibility Provision
We are pleased to inform you that all Orange County Public Schools will be implementing an option available to schools participating in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs called the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) for the school year 2024 2025. This means that elementary, middle, and high school students are offered free breakfast and lunch at school on instructional days.
Online Payments
Online payments are a simple, safe and secure way to make payments to your students account 24 hours a day at your convenience.
(Please note that returned check fees are $50)
Cash or Check Deposits
Parents and guardians may make deposits into their child’s/children’s accounts in cash or by check at any school through the food services cashier. Payments may be made daily or, as a convenience you are invited to deposit additional monies for future purchases.
We hope you will take advantage the nutritious and tasty free meals offered as well as the convenience of our prepay options for additional purchases.
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.
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.
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. Find it here, 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:
- mail:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or - fax:
833-256-1665 or 202-690-7442; or - email:
Program.Intake@usda.gov
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
07/25/2022