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ABOUT PAYPAMS

The PAYPAMS system is set up to allow parents to establish their own login/password and to add their students to their account (by name, birth date, and school). Parents can then view their student's cafeteria account balance, their meal purchases, set up automatic payments, or make one-time
payments.

About the account:

• There is a convenience fee ($1.95) charged for making a payment, but amount of payment is not limted (month, week, etc.)
• There is no charge for viewing a student's purchase history
• Parents can continue to pay by check or cash in the school cafeteria if they so choose

Parents can obtain support for this system by going to www.paypams.com or by calling the KCS Technology Department Help Line at 594-1852 between the hours of 6 AM and 7 PM Monday - Friday beginning September 4, 2007.

Cafeteria Prices

Breakfast Prices:

• Student $1.25
• Reduced Student .30
• Adult KCS Personnel 1.50
• Adult Visitor 2.00

Lunch Prices:

• K-5 student 2.00
• 6-12 Student 2.25
• Reduced Student .40
• Adult KCS Personnel 3.00
• Adult Visitor 3.50
• Milk 0.40
• Ice Cream 0.40

Five Fruits or Vegetables per Day at School

The initiative to get more fruits and vegetables into the students of Knox County Schools daily diets, has prompted the School Nutrition Program Director, Mary Lou Henry, to offer an additional fruit or vegetable to the student meal offerings at both breakfast and lunch.   The current standards for the National School Meals Program is that the breakfast meal would contain one cup serving of fruit, vegetable or 100% fruit or vegetable juice and the lunch pattern included two fruit or vegetable servings. 

Knox County Schools will be providing an additional fruit or vegetable serving at both breakfast and lunch for students at no additional cost to the meal. 

Henry says, “Adding this additional food in the form of fruits and vegetables (many of which will be fresh fruits and vegetables) will not add to the obesity problem among our school age children, but on the contrary, if they eat enough fruits and vegetables with their breakfast and lunch, they will not feel hungry and want to fill-up on empty-calorie snacks from other sources”. 

Also, the recommendation of various nutritional advocacy groups is, that everyone should consume 5 fruits and vegetables each day for optimum health benefits.  Henry says, that by adding these two additional servings to the school meals, students can now get their five fruit and vegetable servings at school each day, even if they do not get additional servings at home.

Fruits and vegetables can be a great source of the following important nutrients:
*Fiber: Diets rich in fiber have a number of beneficial effects, including decreased risk of coronary heart disease.
*Magnesium: Supports normal muscle and nerve function, a steady heart rhythm and a healthy immune system.
*Folate: Adequate folate in the diet may reduce a woman’s risk of having a child with a brain or spinal cord defect.
*Potassium: Helps to maintain a healthy blood pressure.
*Vitamin A: Keeps eyes and skin healthy and helps protect against infections.
*Vitamin C: Helps heal cuts and wounds and keeps teeth and gums healthy.

Henry adds, “Parents can do a great deal to help their children have healthier diets by encouraging them to take advantage of what the School Nutrition Program has to offer.”