F you Myschoolbucks!!!

[Anonymous]

First, the one time fee was jacked up recently and it's already overpriced. Next I loaded my two kids' accounts this morning and even though it's one credit card charge to load both accounts, I'm charged the fee twice - once for each account. Why TF is MCPS using this abusive software. I hope everyone files a complaint. End rant.

https://jacobin.com/2024/09/myschoolbucks-school-lunch-junk-fees#:~:text=MySchoolBucks%20also%20charges%20the%20highest,choice%20but%20to%20pay%20up.

[Anonymous]

Do you bother to vote?
Board of Education hired this company
And approved the fees.

[Anonymous]

You don't have to pay online. You can send in a check to the cafeteria manager.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you bother to vote?
Board of Education hired this company
And approved the fees.

Yup.

[Anonymous]

Yep, just learned this morning about the separate fees. Outrageous!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you bother to vote?
Board of Education hired this company
And approved the fees.

They hired this company in 2008. The "convenience fee" was $1.95 then.

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous]Do you bother to vote?
Board of Education hired this company
And approved the fees.[/quote]

+10000

And for future reference, you can send a check with your kids to school. No fees.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you bother to vote?
Board of Education hired this company
And approved the fees.

They hired this company in 2008. The "convenience fee" was $1.95 then.

And they haven't fired the company.

[Anonymous]

I’m more annoyed that I can only put in $120 at a time. So I’m adding money every month and have to pay the fee each time. At least let me put in enough to cover the year.

[Anonymous]

My kids school has so many students they can't make it through the lunch line during lunch so at least you have that going for you, op.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you bother to vote?
Board of Education hired this company
And approved the fees.

They hired this company in 2008. The "convenience fee" was $1.95 then.

And they haven't fired the company.

I'm a regular watcher of BOE meetings, and I don't recall any public testimony complaining about the company or the fees. I think if parents don't like the fees, they just don't use the online option.

[Anonymous]

I agree that this is exploitative, particularly on low-income families who may need to reload the accounts in smaller, and more frequent, amounts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I agree that this is exploitative, particularly on low-income families who may need to reload the accounts in smaller, and more frequent, amounts.

Wouldn’t they be getting free lunch?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You don't have to pay online. You can send in a check to the cafeteria manager.

This is ridiculous. The school should accept regular electronic payments.

[Anonymous]

This is an MSDE problem. They should be providing a free payments platform for the whole state