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Food Services > Point-of-Sale
For more information, please contact Jane Natali, Supervisor of Food Services, via e-mail jnatali@soudertonsd.org or telephone at 215-723-6061.
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What is Point of Sale?
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POINT OF SALE (POS) is a computerized meal accountability system used for cafeteria transactions. Accounts are set up for all students, and parents or guardians are encouraged to place as much money as they choose in their child’s account. The money is drawn down with each transaction.
This permits money to be deposited into a student account for the purchase of lunches and eliminates the need for students to carry cash on a daily basis. Reduction in the use of cash eliminates lost or forgotten cash and permits the students to be served with greater efficiency when they reach the cashiers. An added benefit is that students are no longer able to give other students cash, whether the situation involves “bullying” or a friendly interaction.
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How does it work?
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Every student enrolled in the Souderton Area School District has an account set up in their name, so that he or she can purchase meals or other items in the cafeteria without having cash every day. This will operate like a debit system. The account is funded by the parent or guardian.
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Distribution of ID/Debit cards
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SECONDARY students receive their ID on the first day they are in school. Please discuss the importance of your child keeping and maintaining control of his or her own Point of Sale ID/Debit card. The card may NOT be used by any other student. The ID/Debit card must be presented at lunchtime to record the number of lunches and to access the student account.
ELEMENTARY students are given their ID card at the beginning of the lunch line and collected by the cashier at the end of the line.
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How does my child use the point of sale system?
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When your child enters the cafeteria, he chooses a lunch and proceeds to the computer terminal. Elementary students will give their ID card to the cashier to scan the student’s bar coded identification number. Secondary students scan their own cards. This will bring up the child’s account for the cashier. The cashier will key in the lunch and the account will be debited. Pre-deposited money in the account speeds up the line providing your child with more time for lunch and socializing with friends. Some students have requested the cashiers to withdraw cash from their account and this is NOT permitted.
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Bonus Bucks available through SASD Food Service Department
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During the months of September and October, the Souderton Area School District Food Services Department is conducting a Bonus Bucks promotion to bring awareness to parents and guardians of district students of a computerized meal accountability system used for cafeteria transactions.
Point of Sale (POS) permits money to be deposited into a student account for the purchase of breakfast and/or lunch and eliminates the need for students to carry cash on a daily basis. Reduction in the use of cash eliminates lost or forgotten cash and permits the students to be served with greater efficiency when they reach the cashiers.
“Bonus Bucks will offer one free dollar for every ten dollars deposited as an incentive for making a deposit into their child's account,” said Jane Natali, Supervisor of Food Service. Accounts are set up for all students. Parents or guardians are encouraged to place as much money as they choose in their child’s account. For example, a ten dollar deposit will equal $11 in the student’s account; a $100 deposit will equal $110 in the student’s account. The money is drawn down with each transaction.
Example:
Deposit $10 = $11 in student's account
Deposit $15 = $16 in student's account
Deposit $40 = $44 in student's account
Deposit $100 = $110 in student's account
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