Pre-Payment Options
Linda Blair
Supervisor School Nutrition
(540)661-4550
Extension 1575
Marsha Jacobs
Administrative Assistant
(540)661-4550
Extension 1577
Please take advantage of the options to prepay your student's meal accounts. 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 that it might get lost, stolen or used for other things other than cafeteria purchases.
There are three ways to pay for your child’s a la carte purchases
- Credit card or e-check payment at Online Payment Center
- K12PaymentCenter Mobile App
- 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.
In addition you may use the Online Payment Center to set up payment reminders and to transfer money between your children's accounts.
*Please follow this link for information on student charges and meal account debt Charge Policy BoardDocs® LT.pdf
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 2023-2024. 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