GLASGOW — This year, Caverna students can have their cake and their parents can know it too.
A new online meal account prepayment system – MyNutriKids.com. – allows parents to deposit money in their children’s school meal accounts online and learn just what their children are buying.
“Parents and guardians can go online to a Web site and pull up their child’s information and they can prepay,” said Prudie Bishop, food services director. “They can put as much as they want into their child’s account.”
The school district recently mailed a letter outlining the system.
“Parents will have the ability to print out a copy of their child’s history report. This history report will show you all dates and times that your child has purchased a breakfast and/or lunch within the past 30 days,” Bishop stated in the letter.
Parents can create their children’s accounts from home by entering their child’s name, student ID number and their school’s zip code. Payments can be made through an existing PayPal account or with a major credit or debit card.
The letter also points out that a fee of $1.75 is assessed each time money is deposited to an account.
“Caverna School District will not profit from the use of this site. To offset the cost of this convenience fee, the district’s Food Service Department will provide one free meal for your son or daughter for every $25 you put on their account,” Bishop stated. “For example, a purchase of $25 will be charged a convenience fee of $1.75, but in return you will receive one free meal valued at $1.50.”
Parents can still make advance payments via check, she said.
Caverna isn’t the only school district that has decided to use an online meal account prepayment system. Warren County Schools are also trying it this year.
“We are using Meal Pay Plus,” said Gina Howard, food service director. “We thought it would be convenient for our parents to be able to go online and make payments from home and be able to manage their students’ accounts from home.”
Fayette County Schools implemented Meal Pay Plus last year.
“It worked great,” said Diane Seale, a supervisor with the district’s food service program.
“Parents can look on there at anytime to see if their children are getting low and they can put money in there,” she said.
By being able to see what their children are buying with their money, parents can also determine if their children are eating nutritious foods, Seale said.
More information about MyNutriKids.com and MealPayPlus can be found at the Web sites at www.mynutrikids.com and at www.mealpayplus.com.
Local News
New item on district menu
CAVERNA SCHOOLS
- Local News
-
-
Ambulance board OKs outsource billing
After a thorough discussion during Wednesday’s board meeting, the Barren-Metcalfe Emergency Medical Services decided to outsource its billing to AMB-MARS (Medical Accounts Receivable Systems doing business as AMBulance Medical Billing), contingent on AMB-MARS adding a guarantee clause on its work.
-
Teen named local youth of the year
Rayne Triplett has been practicing the speech she will give at the end of the month when she travels to Frankfort to compete for the Boys and Girls Club’s 2012 State Youth of the Year title.
-
Howard lauded for G/T work
Glasgow Superintendent Sean Howard was presented the Kentucky Association for Gifted Education’s Michael Caudill Educator Award on Monday at the annual KAGE conference in Lexington.
-
Teens to be tried as adults
Barren Circuit Court released the names of two juveniles charged in an armed robbery in October, after the court decided to try the teens as youthful offenders in adult circuit court.
-
Payne pleads guilty to lesser charge
A Glasgow man who had been facing a felony charge of custodial interference pleaded guilty Tuesday in Barren Circuit Court to a lesser charge.
-
Rowland will take Comer's seat for now
A Monroe County businessman will fill the unexpired term of former state representative Jamie Comer, according to the results of Tuesday’s special election.
-
County struggles to provide EPA report
Barren County Road Department Head Johnny Kinslow called his bi-monthly report to the fiscal court his “gloom and doom” report Tuesday night. After five years of letters and discussions, the Environmental Protection Agency has informed Kinslow that he must produce a closure report for underground fuel tanks that were removed 13 years ago, or face unnamed consequences.
- MORNING UPDATE: Two juveniles charged as adults in robbery
- MORNING UPDATE: Tebben blogs from New York
-
Chamber names Travis ‘Outstanding Citizen’
Winning the Outstanding Citizen of the Year Award Monday night came as a complete surprise to Dr. Bill Travis.
- More Local News Headlines
-
Ambulance board OKs outsource billing
Obama Gives Education Waivers to 10 States
Giffords Aide to Run for Her Seat
LA School in Sex Abuse Scandal Reopens
Winter Slamming North Asia, Parts of Europe
Syrian Forces Renew Bombardment of Homs
States, Banks Reach Foreclosure-abuse Settlement
Raw Video: Italy's Mount Etna Bursts Into Life
Greeks March; Angry Despite Debt Deal
Raw Video: U.S. Pullout Celebration
Raw Video: Annual Empire State Building Run-Up
Man Killed in Courthouse Shootout
Air Force Airlines: Leaders Get Polished Service
Ga Girl Fights Off Kidnapper at Walmart
Nevada Highway Patrol, City Settle Beating Case
Homs Bombardment Continues, Global Outcry Grows
Raw Video: Dog Rescued From Icy Colo. Water
Skip the Coffee Cup and Inhale Your Caffeine Fix
