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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. 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)
  3. it's about time... by bnitsua · · Score: 4, Funny

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

  4. 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
  5. 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.
  6. 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!

  7. 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."
  8. 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.