Originally Posted by LT6916
^that would cost the schools millions to install card readers, computer & programs to monitor student accounts, and distribute the cards to all in the district.
implementing a different meal course is by far cheaper.
My high school had lunch accounts for students, and I graduated 5 years ago. The parents (or the kid) put money in the account, the kid punched their student ID number into a keypad at the register to pay.
Acutally now that I think about it, my middle school had the same system I think starting when I was in 8th grade. So that would've been the '95-'96 school year.