Spotlight South Hadley High School South Hadley, MA
Issue Date: Tuesday, January 01, 2013 Issue: January 2013 Last Update: Thursday, January 31, 2013
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Students who purchase lunch at the high school will follow a different procedure after recent changes. They will pay for lunch but they will also have to type in their specific ID number on a keypad which will show their school picture and how much money is in their account.
Principal Bill Evans says that the system was implemented because, “The system encourages students to prepay, and if they do, the lines will move more quickly.” It also eliminates lunch tickets, so students will no longer be identified as having financial hardship in any way because that information will be in the computer and not on a piece of paper.    
While the lunch system is supposed to help buying lunch become faster, students at the high school have said otherwise. Sophomore Riley Baker says that he does not buy lunch because it takes away half of your lunchtime just to wait in line and buy lunch.
Sophomore Alyssa Sawyer likes the new lunch system because its easy and you don’t have to worry about losing your lunch ticket.
Evans says that the only thing that he would want to change about the system is to give parents the ability to pay electronically using their credit card.

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4/4/2012 9:16:41 PM by Johnathon Jones    
It's good to see the change go into effect. My kids went to a school with this system and bullying was minimal.
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