Meals & Nutrition

Breakfast

Tuscarora will serve a Universal Breakfast to all students daily in the classroom. Students who would like to participate in breakfast at school will have the option to take an entree, milk, and fruit each day upon arrival (8:30 - 8:55 AM). Universal Breakfast is free to all Tuscarora students. No outside breakfast items may be brought to school to consume in the classroom.

Lunch

Students may bring lunch from home or receive a school lunch from the serving line in the cafeteria. Students that are not eligible for free or reduced meals will be charged for their lunch from the serving line. 


All lunch bags or boxes should have the student's name printed clearly on them. Foods and drinks in glass containers are not permitted. Drinks containing large amounts of sugar, including carbonated sodas are highly discouraged. It is recommended that students drink water or milk.


Forgotten packed lunches may be delivered to the school but must arrive before the student's lunch time with their name clearly and visibly labeled on the outside. If lunch time arrives and a student is without their lunch, the student will be directed to check their grade level bin in the cafeteria. If they do not have lunch, the student will be sent to the serving line to receive a school lunch. As noted above, students that are not eligible for free or reduced meals will be charged. 


Note: Fast-food breakfast or lunch may not be delivered to a student during the school day. 


Lunches packed at home are not refrigerated at school and are not able to be heated.  

Lunch menus and costs can be found on the FCPS Nutrition Website.

Elementary School Prices (subject to change):


If the need should arise, students will be permitted to charge their lunches and will be expected to pay for the charged lunch the following day.  You will receive notification that a lunch was charged. 

Due to fire code capacity restrictions and to ensure the safety of our students, we are unable to accommodate guests during lunch. Lunch periods are 30 minutes long.  Staff members are available to assist with opening packaging or drink containers, but it is helpful to work with your child to learn to do this by himself/herself.  Students may not share food. 

Meal Benefits

Applications for free and reduced-price school meal benefits for the 2023-2024 school year are online at www.fcps.org/meals. If you need a hard copy, please contact the TuES front office. Families who previously qualified for Free and Reduced Meals must reapply. This does not automatically renew each year. 

Meal Benefit Applications:  

If your family participates in an assistance program, please verify your student(s) meal benefit status with the FNS Office prior to completing an application.

Parent Portal for School Meals

FCPS is pleased to offer a new online parent portal -

Go to the parent portal at  http://linqconnect.com/ where you can:

 

Student Meal Accounts:  FCPS is no longer using MySchoolBucks.  Meal account balances from last school year are now on LINQ Connect. 

REGISTER for a LINQ Connect account to see your student(s) balance that will be available to use when school starts on August 23rd.  You will then be able to add money, set notifications, view students purchases and more.

Pre-Payment Options

Students may purchase lunch by cash or check, or families may place money on a lunch account using the LINQ Connect program. To set up online payments, visit the FCPS Food and Nutrition Website. 


If paying by check, families may indicate “Meals Only” on the check if they prefer their child not purchase a la carte items.  When the check is received indicating “Meals Only,” a notation will be made on the child’s account to alert the food service staff.