Anonymous
Post 08/15/2025 20:33     Subject: Using student IDs now in cafeteria to purchase food?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Thisnis better than some random PIN. My younger ES kids and I could never remember it so I just had them bring a lunch daily.


There are a lot of people with low intelligence on this thread. Of course kids are going to use other kid's lunch accounts. Not everyone has money on their lunch account and you have to be really poor and proactive to get free lunch.


+1,000


Agree. Unfortunately has already happened in our ES, proven where kids were buying a la carte items on other kids accounts.
Anonymous
Post 08/15/2025 20:22     Subject: Using student IDs now in cafeteria to purchase food?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Thisnis better than some random PIN. My younger ES kids and I could never remember it so I just had them bring a lunch daily.


There are a lot of people with low intelligence on this thread. Of course kids are going to use other kid's lunch accounts. Not everyone has money on their lunch account and you have to be really poor and proactive to get free lunch.


+1,000
Anonymous
Post 08/15/2025 19:09     Subject: Using student IDs now in cafeteria to purchase food?
Anonymous wrote:You have to assume when they punch in their number, their picture pops up on a screen.


This is true. I contacted food and nutrition services with this concern and they confirmed they will check photos.
Anonymous
Post 08/15/2025 18:59     Subject: Using student IDs now in cafeteria to purchase food?
Anonymous wrote:This explains how my HS'er who splits days between their base school and an Academy school is able to use the same number in both school cafeterias this year.

I don't think it makes it easier for other kids to use a student's lunch account, but do feel badly for the younger kids having to remember the 7 digit code.

Don’t worry, my Elementary School kid has been using her seven digit student number to log into her computer and get lunch for the last few years. I’m pretty sure a middle school or high school kid can do the same.
Anonymous
Post 08/15/2025 18:29     Subject: Using student IDs now in cafeteria to purchase food?
People find the dumbest things to complain about. Do you have any idea how many times your kid has to use their student ID everyday? A lot. Most have it memorized by second grade. When they check out books at the library it's by name and ID. Logging into certain platforms is by ID. Remembering a random 4 digit pin that changes is a lot harder than remembering a 7 digit personal ID that doesn't change and is used often.
Anonymous
Post 08/15/2025 18:17     Subject: Using student IDs now in cafeteria to purchase food?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Someone thought it would be a good idea to eliminate the pins for the cafeteria and now have students using their student ID to purchase food. That’s right, the student ID that you can easily look up within the FCPS system and that are used in their school emails. So now anyone can use our account. Wtf? Whose dumb idea was this?


This is crazy. So after type in “friend’s” name in email and get their student ID number (that part takes less than one second to do), can have 10 kids all order off of same # in line… Does it only work if $ in a MySchoolBucks account? Or can kids now run up a tab?


This is the craziest thread I've read in a while. Why would 10 kids try to order off the same number? Are Fairfax lunches that good? Plus if a kid can't afford the school lunch, they'll get it for free anyway. The family just has to fill out a form to get it for free.


Have you met any middle school boys lately? They are little ***hole and would do this for sheer amusement.
Anonymous
Post 08/15/2025 17:59     Subject: Using student IDs now in cafeteria to purchase food?
The HS lunch lines are hundreds of kids long. This is going to make them even slower.
Anonymous
Post 08/15/2025 17:22     Subject: Using student IDs now in cafeteria to purchase food?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:At open house today my 6th grader’s friends were running around saying they were going to order cookies every day on each others accounts.

Hopefully FCPS has a plan to prevent that…


They don't.


The plan is probably that kids photos will pop up and the cashier will double check them against the student paying. More secure than the previous pins.
Anonymous
Post 08/15/2025 17:18     Subject: Using student IDs now in cafeteria to purchase food?
Anonymous wrote:At open house today my 6th grader’s friends were running around saying they were going to order cookies every day on each others accounts.

Hopefully FCPS has a plan to prevent that…


They don't.
Anonymous
Post 08/15/2025 16:57     Subject: Using student IDs now in cafeteria to purchase food?
At open house today my 6th grader’s friends were running around saying they were going to order cookies every day on each others accounts.

Hopefully FCPS has a plan to prevent that…
Anonymous
Post 08/15/2025 16:31     Subject: Using student IDs now in cafeteria to purchase food?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Thisnis better than some random PIN. My younger ES kids and I could never remember it so I just had them bring a lunch daily.


There are a lot of people with low intelligence on this thread. Of course kids are going to use other kid's lunch accounts. Not everyone has money on their lunch account and you have to be really poor and proactive to get free lunch.


Look, teens do stupid things. There was a sad case of an affluent kid who was expelled from a school because he stole food in the cafeteria. Food he could have easily purchased.
Anonymous
Post 08/15/2025 16:22     Subject: Using student IDs now in cafeteria to purchase food?
Anonymous wrote:Thisnis better than some random PIN. My younger ES kids and I could never remember it so I just had them bring a lunch daily.


There are a lot of people with low intelligence on this thread. Of course kids are going to use other kid's lunch accounts. Not everyone has money on their lunch account and you have to be really poor and proactive to get free lunch.
Anonymous
Post 08/15/2025 13:03     Subject: Using student IDs now in cafeteria to purchase food?
Thisnis better than some random PIN. My younger ES kids and I could never remember it so I just had them bring a lunch daily.
Anonymous
Post 08/15/2025 13:02     Subject: Using student IDs now in cafeteria to purchase food?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Someone thought it would be a good idea to eliminate the pins for the cafeteria and now have students using their student ID to purchase food. That’s right, the student ID that you can easily look up within the FCPS system and that are used in their school emails. So now anyone can use our account. Wtf? Whose dumb idea was this?


This is crazy. So after type in “friend’s” name in email and get their student ID number (that part takes less than one second to do), can have 10 kids all order off of same # in line… Does it only work if $ in a MySchoolBucks account? Or can kids now run up a tab?


This is the craziest thread I've read in a while. Why would 10 kids try to order off the same number? Are Fairfax lunches that good? Plus if a kid can't afford the school lunch, they'll get it for free anyway. The family just has to fill out a form to get it for free.


Why would kids during the original covid times share the unsecured blackboard link so that random other kids, in or out of district, could join their class and mess with it? Why would FCPS kids skip their own online class to attend and mess with another online class rather than skip it to sleep, play video games, etc? Why would random kids or adults choose to join a link for a class outside of their own school district to cause chaos rather than literally any other productive or non-productive activity?

You can't honestly believe teenagers won't attempt to abuse this as a pranking or bullying tactic. My children are still elementary, but if a kindergartener can be allowed to buy cookies, popcorn, etc on their lunch account with no parental approval or ability to block these purchases, I assume middle schoolers and high schoolers can also buy more than just the regular lunch with their pin.


+1 yep. PP is an idiot.


_Agree! Ever had much interaction with middle school kids?
Anonymous
Post 08/15/2025 12:59     Subject: Using student IDs now in cafeteria to purchase food?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Someone thought it would be a good idea to eliminate the pins for the cafeteria and now have students using their student ID to purchase food. That’s right, the student ID that you can easily look up within the FCPS system and that are used in their school emails. So now anyone can use our account. Wtf? Whose dumb idea was this?


This is crazy. So after type in “friend’s” name in email and get their student ID number (that part takes less than one second to do), can have 10 kids all order off of same # in line… Does it only work if $ in a MySchoolBucks account? Or can kids now run up a tab?


This is the craziest thread I've read in a while. Why would 10 kids try to order off the same number? Are Fairfax lunches that good? Plus if a kid can't afford the school lunch, they'll get it for free anyway. The family just has to fill out a form to get it for free.


Why would kids during the original covid times share the unsecured blackboard link so that random other kids, in or out of district, could join their class and mess with it? Why would FCPS kids skip their own online class to attend and mess with another online class rather than skip it to sleep, play video games, etc? Why would random kids or adults choose to join a link for a class outside of their own school district to cause chaos rather than literally any other productive or non-productive activity?

You can't honestly believe teenagers won't attempt to abuse this as a pranking or bullying tactic. My children are still elementary, but if a kindergartener can be allowed to buy cookies, popcorn, etc on their lunch account with no parental approval or ability to block these purchases, I assume middle schoolers and high schoolers can also buy more than just the regular lunch with their pin.


+1 yep. PP is an idiot.