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Article: Technology helps parents monitor school-lunch choices.
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- Tribune-Democrat (Johnstown, PA)
- Article date:
- March 11, 2007
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Byline: Susan Evans
Mar. 11--So why didn't you get the broccoli?
And what's with the three chili hot dogs and no peas?
That's the grilling some students in the region are facing from parents who are concerned about school-lunch nutrition.
And it's the grilling more students will face as more school districts install computer software that allows parents to pay for meals using the Internet -- and at the same time allows them to monitor what their children are buying for lunch.
"It's becoming very popular, and in fact it's our most requested feature now," said Harry Arseniu, marketing director for Focal Tech, Inc. in State ...