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Poughkeepsie City School District

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Linq Student Meals Accounts

LINQ Student Meal Accounts

School breakfasts and lunch meals are provided to students free of charge in the Poughkeepsie City School District. Students can purchase second meals and additional items, and staff or other visitors can purchase meals and items, by using the LINQ Connect system. Here’s how to get started:

 A dark blue rectangular button features the white text "LINQ CONNECT" with a registered trademark symbol. Register by visiting the LINQ homepage, linqconnect.com, and creating an account.

You will be sent a verification link at the email with which you have chosen to register. Check your email and click the link to confirm your address.

Return to LINQ’s site and sign in using your newly registered email and password.

  •  A dark blue rectangular button features the white text "LINQ CONNECT" with a registered trademark symbol. Register by visiting the LINQ homepage, linqconnect.com, and creating an account.

  • You will be sent a verification link at the email with which you have chosen to register. Check your email and click the link to confirm your address.

  • Return to LINQ’s site and sign in using your newly registered email and password.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Click on + Link Student and enter your child’s information. Repeat this process for each child you wish to add. If your child has a hyphenated name or a suffix, please type the name exactly as it appears in the district’s system.

  • No. You can add as many children as you need to your household, as long as they attend a PCSD school. Each child’s meal account is separate.

  • Log in to LINQ Connect and click on + Add Money to Meal Account.

  • One Time Payments are available immediately after the transaction.

  • Credit card payments are not accepted. Add money to your child’s account with cash or money order at the cashier register at their school.

  • Click on History to view Account Payment History and Student Purchase History.

  • Yes! You can set up an email reminder when the balance falls below $5 by clicking on +Change Payment Reminder.

  • The account balance moves with your child from grade to grade and school to chool within the Poughkeepsie City School District.

  • Click on Edit in the upper-right corner of your child’s account and click Un-Link Student.

  • Fill out the Refund Request Form in English or Spanish.

Young children carry lunch trays across a brightly lit school cafeteria with wooden floors.