Student Lunch for SY 24 - 25
To set up a DCPS meal Account:
Register: Create an account at https://linqconnect.com and select register.
Verify Account: Verify account by clicking on the email verification link sent to the provided email address.
Sign In: Now you can sign in at https://linqconnect.com using your email and password.
For details on the DCPS meal charge policy, visit: http://dcps.dc.gov/page/meal-prices-and-payment. The balance of student meal accounts that have carried over from the 2023-2024 school year will be sent to families. For SY 24 - 25, you may submit payment for lunch meals in one of the following ways:
By loading funds with a credit/debit card on your student's online meal account (including relevant processing fee per transaction)
By sending a check or money order (student ID# must be included) made payable to the DC Treasurer to the following address: DCPS Food and Nutrition Services Attn: Nadine James, Meal Accounts 1200 First Street NE, 9th Floor Washington, DC 20002
Students will never be refused a meal or served an alternate meal selection if there are no funds in the student account. The meal will automatically be charged to the student account and will create a negative meal balance. Students with a negative meal balance are not identified in any way during meal service and will receive the samemeal choices.
Negative Meal Balance As a courtesy reminder, once a student’s balance becomes negative, household notifications are made via automated email. Automated communications will continue until the negative meal balance is paid. The above payment methods (online and check/money order) can be used to pay off negative meal balances. As your student continues to eat lunch and no payment is made, negative meal balances will increase. Any unpaid meal balances will rollover into the next school year. Any payments made will first go to pay off the negative meal balance. DCPS Food and Nutrition Services makes every effort to answer questions related to negative meal balances and repayment.
Students are welcome to bring lunch from home. We are not able to refrigerate nor heat student lunches. Students are not permitted to have food delivered to the school.
