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Pre-Payment Options, Refunds & Transfers

Pre-Payment Options

Lunch Pre-payment

Please take advantage of the options to prepay your student's meal accounts. Prepaid meal accounts help the lunch lines go faster and give students more time to eat, relax, and play. It also gives you the peace of mind of not having to worry about looking for lunch money every day or worry that it might get lost, stolen, or used for other things other than lunch.

Online payments are a simple, safe, and secure way to make payments to your students account 24 hours a day at your convenience.
DEBIT/CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS
School cafeterias are not equipped to take debit or credit card payments. Any payment you wish to make with debit or credit cards must be made online at K12PaymentCenter.com.  For assistance on K12PaymentCenter.com please reference the following site or e-mail K12PaymentCenter at [email protected].
 
CHECKS
School Nutrition will accept checks for the amount of purchase or for the pre-payment of meals.

All checks must be made payable to the student's school cafeteria and should include a phone number and the student(s) account number.

Returned check fees will apply to all returned checks. Davidson County Schools School Nutrition Department does not have the ability to credit any accounts or bank fees that have incurred due to returned checks.
 
CASH
If making a payment on your student(s) account by cash please be aware the full amount will be placed on the student(s) meal account.
How do I get a refund if my student has graduated or transfers away from the district?

If the amount of positive balance is small enough (less than $25.00), the cafeteria cashiers can issue refunds upon presentation of a parental note. If the amount is too great (more than $25) to refund out of the cashier drawer (or if it is after the school year is over), the parent can contact Alicia Dunlap, Accounts Payable at the School Nutrition office at 336-242-5543. Any money left in the student's account 30 days after withdrawal or graduating will resort back to the Davidson County School account. A refund request is available to download and print below. 

What happens to my student's lunch account balance when they transfer between schools in the district?

Once the school data manager at the new school enrolls the transferred student, the student's lunch account (including any account balance they may have) will automatically transfer to the student's new school cafeteria within 24 hours.

This applies to transfers during the school year, but also applies to transfers that happen over the summer due to students graduating from Elementary, Middle, or High schools.

If my student ends up with a positive balance left in their cafeteria account at the end of the school year, what happens to that money?

Any money left in the account at the end of the school year will be kept in that account, allowing the student to use those funds at the beginning of the next school year.
 
Can I transfer funds from one of my students account to another student?
 
Yes, funds can be transferred from one students account to another using http://www.lunchprepay.com/
 
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