Students will use their identification card to access free meals and purchase additional servings and a la carte items. One complete breakfast and one complete lunch are at no cost.  Since all first meals are at no cost, negative balances will not be allowed.

Cash: Can be deposited into the meal account and all purchases can be deducted from the meal account. 

Check: To deposit money to a meal account using a check, please make checks payable to Cherry Creek Schools Food and Nutrition Services.

Credit/debit cards cannot be used in the cafeteria.

Please refer to our online payment options below if you want to use a credit/debit card.

The LINQ Connect is a secure online system that allows parents to: 

• Make an online payment to their children's cafeteria meal accounts
• Remotely monitor their children's accounts
• Set up automatic recurring payments
• Set up low-balance e-mail message alerts
• Submit an online application for meal benefits  

Visit LINQ Connect to learn how to create an account.

*A credit card fee will be added to all on-line payments. 

To receive a refund from a student meal account, please submit a request in writing to your school's kitchen manager or by email to Cheryl Menke-George at cmenke-george@cherrycreekschools.org. Please provide the student's name, parent name, school name, and home address for all refunds. A check will be issued for all refunds over $5.00 at elementary schools and $10.00 at middle and high schools.