Free & Reduced Price Meal Applications for 2024-25

Children need healthy meals to learn. All five of the Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake Central Schools offer healthy lunches to children. Here is the list of prices for both breakfast and lunch for each school.

  • Elementary Schools- Breakfast $2.25/Lunch $3.25
  • Middle School – Breakfast $2.25/Lunch $3.50
  • High School- Breakfast $2.75/Lunch $4.00
  • Milk is included with all meals. If buying separate, milk is $.75

Children from households that meet federal income guidelines are eligible for free meals or reduced-price meals. If you are approved for reduced price meals, your child(ren)will receive breakfast and lunch at no charge.

To apply for free or reduced-price lunches, please apply through BH-BL’s online system at https://linqconnect.com. Please refer to the guidelines below when completing the application. We cannot approve an application that is not complete, so be sure to fill out all required information. If you prefer to complete a paper application, please download the application here.please download the application here. We will let you know when your application is approved or denied.

Have some questions? Please download the Frequently Asked Questions worksheet.


Notes: If your child/children were approved for free or reduced lunch last year, the applications are rolled over to this school year until October 17, 2024 to give you the opportunity to get a new application form sent in. A new application is needed every school year for each student or household.


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Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online or from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:

  1. Mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
  2. Fax: (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
  3. Email: program.intake@usda.gov

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