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School-Lunch Monitoring System for Parents

Posted by Zonk on from the love-the-ap-photo-of-the-kid-sucking-down-a-burrito dept.

karvind writes "According to Yahoo, three school districts in the Atlanta area last week became the first in the country to offer the parental-monitoring option of an electronic lunch payment system called Mealpay.com. The system was initially designed as a convenient way to make sure children bought lunch without worrying that lunch money would get lost, spent on other things or stolen. But on parent's request online meal-monitoring option was added and now parents can see all of a student's lunch purchases."

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  1. I want this for the sales people in my company. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    They need it more ethan little kids do.

  2. frost pist by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    ah so now the 'Revenge of the Nerds' will be complete!

    Wonder how long till those damned jocks start getting their lunch money stolen..

    muahahaha

    wtf.."You failed to confirm you're a human.."

    1. Re:frost pist by Hinhule · · Score: 2, Funny

      wtf.."You failed to confirm you're a human.."

      Seems the Revenge of the Nerds got to you too. The removal of your human rights has been confirmed.

      Welcome to Nerdtopia!

  3. Simply Solution by Adrilla · · Score: 4, Funny

    Canibalism. They wont ring that up on their silly machines.

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    "Plans are for fools! Oglethorpe, the plutonian (Aqua Teen Hunger Force)
  4. it's about time... by bnitsua · · Score: 4, Funny

    I am glad to see more stories targeting the average age of slashdot users.

  5. Good heavens! by Black+Parrot · · Score: 2, Funny


    Next week we'll be reading a story about how some criminal hacked the system and found out what everyone had for lunch!

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    Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
  6. Not the first... by willpall · · Score: 2, Funny
    We had this at my highschool eight years ago. A few of us boycotted it and posted signs: "Boycott the Mark of the Beast" and "Beware of Big Brother; No PIN number for school lunches"

    I got really thirsty one day and caved in. My fellow boycotters pooh-poohed me. I had sold out to the man.

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    Libertarian: label used by embarrassed Republicans, longing to be open about their greed, drug use and porn collections.
  7. Re:The school lunch system is broken by Luke727 · · Score: 0, Funny

    Whether it is the rich kids mocking the poor kids or the kids with Libertarian parents mocking the kids with parents on the dole, subsidizing only a fraction of the children leads to unnecessary divisions.

    The epitome of "Bizarro World."

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    If you find this post offensive, don't read it! THINK ABOUT YOUR BREATHING! I am what I am because of how apes behave.
  8. Re:Freedom as in what?? by EEBaum · · Score: 3, Funny

    What about buildig confidence on love and trust?

    We can't have that. Someone might get hurt.

    Then someone will most surely get sued.


    And that's expensive.

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    -- I prefer the term "karma escort."
  9. Re:YRO? by benjamindaines · · Score: 2, Funny

    wow just wow you would rather 14 year olds go out and screw eachother then eat a bigmac? all i have to say to that is wow.