Lunch+Lines

[] [] NOTES: benefits of using fingerprinting system in schools . [|Lunch Lines] By: Hall, Michael//. Brunswick News, The (GA)//, 02/03/2009 Notes: About a school and how they prepare food following their new regulations [|Look, Ma, No Fries] By: Schindehette, Susan; Meadows, Bob; Dennis, Alicia; Marquez, Sandra; Eftimiades, Maria. People, 00937673, 10/16/2006, Vol. 66, Issue 16.  **Notes:** The article reports on an electronic system that blocks schoolchildren from buying extra fattening food at school. The system alerts checkout clerks in school lunch lines if children are trying to purchase an item restricted by their parents when they enter their PIN. Parents can monitor their children's food choices via a website  [|Jr. high starts using fingerprint scanner at lunch.] By: Anderson, Katie, Jacksonville Journal-Courier (IL), Feb 03, 2009 **Notes:** Students at Turner Junior High School used their fingerprints to pay for lunch. The system's hardware and software for the two schools cost the district just under $24,000. Kids began to go through the lines quicker. [|Factors affecting students’ participation in the Cincinnati public schools lunch program.] By: Marples, Carol Ann, Spillman, Diana-Marie, Adolescence, 00018449, Fall95, Vol. 30, Issue 119 [|MAILBAG.] //Weekly Reader News - Senior//, 4/25/2008, Vol. 86 Issue 26, p2-2, 1/4p Notes: Shows the views of the students on the fingerprint system to be used in buying their lunch at their respective school cafeterias. [|Fingerprint Fallout.] By: Gove, Carly; Grillo, Christina//. Weekly Reader News - Senior//, 3/7/2008, Vol. 86 Issue 21, p3-3, 1p, 1 color Notes: It shows the debates whether or not the fingerprinting system utilized by school cafeterias in states in the U.S. is necessary. It also describes how the system works. [|Finger Food.] //Weekly Reader News - Senior//, 10/20/2006, Vol. 85 Issue 7, p7-7, 2/3p; Notes: Fingerprints instead of student identification cards
 * Lunch Lines**
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 * __Vermont High School Goes To Touch-Pay Lunch System__**
 * NOTES: school in Vermont uses fingerprinting system in lunch lines instead of lunch cards.**
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 * Notes:** Students were randomly selected to participate in a study of factors affecting school lunch participation in the Cincinnati Public Schools (N = 1,804). Results showed that the quality and variety of food offered were significant factors affecting the students' decision to participate. The length of the lunch period and the amount of time spent waiting in line also were significant factors. (This article shows how widespread the problem is.)
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**Finger Food. ** Weekly Reader News - Senior; 10/20/2006, Vol. 85 Issue 7, p7-7, 2/3p. [] – This article explains how this one school in Rome, Georgia now uses finger scanners instead of having the students swipe their cards.

[] - The website talks about the use of fingerprint software to serve as an aid for school lunches.