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$96 worth of school lunches!
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<blockquote data-quote="flutterbee" data-source="post: 93837"><p>We don't get to see by default what's been purchased. However, you can call the cashier and request a transcript (or whatever it's called). The notification that the account is getting low is given to the students, so difficult child has often had to 'charge' a lunch (they give you 3 in elementary school and one in middle school) because she would forget to give it to me. After you've charged the maximum amount of lunches, in elementary school they got Crustables and in middle school they got peanut butter and graham crackers. In high school, you're just out of luck.</p><p></p><p>Our system wasn't as advanced as it is in the beginning. But, they had so much trouble with money being posted to the wrong account and the wrong account being charged for purchases that they went with a new system.</p><p></p><p>I do agree that students have to take responsibility for how they spend their lunch money. However, kids will be kids and there needs to be some limits put in place. I'm pretty sure I could tell our school to only let them use x amount per day and they would set their system accordingly. I simply can't afford to feed everyone else.</p><p></p><p>As for natural consequences, I think packing a lunch and using MB's suggestion are wonderful.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterbee, post: 93837"] We don't get to see by default what's been purchased. However, you can call the cashier and request a transcript (or whatever it's called). The notification that the account is getting low is given to the students, so difficult child has often had to 'charge' a lunch (they give you 3 in elementary school and one in middle school) because she would forget to give it to me. After you've charged the maximum amount of lunches, in elementary school they got Crustables and in middle school they got peanut butter and graham crackers. In high school, you're just out of luck. Our system wasn't as advanced as it is in the beginning. But, they had so much trouble with money being posted to the wrong account and the wrong account being charged for purchases that they went with a new system. I do agree that students have to take responsibility for how they spend their lunch money. However, kids will be kids and there needs to be some limits put in place. I'm pretty sure I could tell our school to only let them use x amount per day and they would set their system accordingly. I simply can't afford to feed everyone else. As for natural consequences, I think packing a lunch and using MB's suggestion are wonderful. [/QUOTE]
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