September 2009 News Article

Virginia Beach City Public Schools offers parents the opportunity to make payments – via an online account – for their child's meals and/or snacks using Visa, Mastercard, or a debit card. It’s convenient and easy to use. Create your account today!

Benefits of paying online:
• Make payments directly into your child's account
• Track meal account balances
• View cafeteria purchases
• Set up low-balance e-mail reminders
• Schedule recurring payments

Follow these easy steps to create your online lunch account:
You must be 18 years or older to open an account.

1.  Go to vbschools.com and select Lunch Menus/Food Services on the homepage.
2.  Select the link mySchoolBucks.com
3.  Select I'm new to mySchoolBucks.
4.  When prompted to select a state, highlight Virginia and select continue.
5.  Select continue when Virginia Beach School District is displayed on the screen.
6.  Enter your account information and select register. (For privacy, a user must know the student’s ID number, birth date and name to add them to an account.)

Notice: mySchoolBucks.com charges a convenience fee.

All students in Virginia Beach City Public Schools are invited to enjoy a nutritious breakfast and lunch at school every day.
Well-balanced student menus are planned by the food service staff which includes a registered dietitian.

With every meal our child nutrition employees serve to our students, they also serve a side helping of higher achievement at school. Study after study has shown that when children eat balanced, nutritious meals they concentrate better in class, participate more, behave better and score higher on standardized test.

Our child nutrition staff is ready to serve your child their hearty breakfast and lunch every day. Because when it comes to getting our students ready to learn, our employees really cook!