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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Who at your ES has access to which families receive FARMS? Admin? Teachers? PTA? Asking because it doesn’t seem very confidential at my school (this is an observation / suspicion, not a substantiated fact), and I am wondering what the protocol is here. Thanks.[/quote]

Only specific staff should have direct access to this information. However, many can discern it easily from other sources.

For example, if the PTA runs a book fair, admin staff might provide vouchers to children receiving FARMS so they can redeem them for books or other items at the fair. Anybody accepting the voucher immediately knows the child receives FARMS.

Also, children can easily determine another child receives FARMS when they have exactly enough money each day to buy a lunch and breakfast, and never bring one from home. This is because their accounts are loaded to allow a single lunch purchase each day.[/quote]

The voucher thing really gets me. It might be convenient, but it makes the child stand out unnecessarily. Better to do something more inclusive. Perhaps the voucher could be an e-card with a certain balance…[/quote]

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