MCPS Meal Programs

[Anonymous]

My kids don't eat any food from their school cafeteria so we don't put any money in their lunch accounts.

However, a few times a year, we were charged by error and received invoices. I happily paid for somebody else's meals by sending checks (only a few dollars).

Now, I am getting tired of this process and thinking of just putting some money in their accounts so I don't have to receive invoices and write checks.

Are these errors common? Do you pay for the meals you know your kids didn't eat or do you dispute?

[Anonymous]

Very common. They use a pin so if the kid puts in the wrong pin it happens. I usually email the school.

[Anonymous]

I don’t know if it’s common or uncommon, I’ve never heard of it happening before. I have three kids and it’s never happened to me. I have elementary through high school. We also don’t buy school lunch so I would know if I had a negative balance.

[Anonymous]

Never happened to me. Do your kids know their PIN (Mine don't).

Could your kids be getting school food for self or another? Or told their PIN to someone?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Never happened to me. Do your kids know their PIN (Mine don't).

Could your kids be getting school food for self or another? Or told their PIN to someone?

They don't know their PIN. They don't go near the cafeteria food because they are picky eaters.

[Anonymous]

You might ask Jeff to edit your title because it’s not a meal program but more like mis-charged account balances.