My sons school just sent out letters telling everyone they are going to a new school lunch payment system. Every child is going to be assigned a 7 digit pin number that charges their lunch to them. The letter went on to further say they strongly discourage parents from sending money in for their kids to pay for lunch with since it will "slow the lines and disrupt the process". They are also asking for all lunches to be paid for in no less than 10 lunch increments (ie. $30). DH and I read the letter and immediatly came to the same conclusions, it was a rather stupid direction to go. .
A grade schooler remembering a 7 digit pin number is going to be difficult. Especially for those that don't eat lunch everyday. I have a hard enough time getting him to remember what foot his shoes go on.
Are we the "resistant to change" parents or is this truly a stupid program?
My son eats lunch at school maybe once a week. It is going to be harder for him to remember his pin and for me to remember if he has any money left on it. If there is no money, they give him a cheese and bread sandwich and that is it.