Food Service Director’s Message

Dear Parent/Guardian,

I am pleased to announce the addition of a new online system titled PayPAMS in which you will enjoy a new, convenient way of managing your child’s food service account from any computer connected to the internet.  This new program will allow you to make deposits into your child’s food service account, set up an automatic payment system, view account balances, view cafeteria purchases, and receive email notification of low balances.

To utilize this new system, you must visit the website www.PayPAMS.com to register and create an account.  I am also sending home a flyer that provides directions to help you establish your account and details all of the benefits of this program. 

To help ease us into this new way of monitoring food service accounts, I also want to point out a handful of key points:

• It takes 1-2 school days before balances and cafeteria purchases information for new registrants can be displayed. 
• It takes 1-2 school days for a payment to replenish your child’s account at the school cafeteria.  Your balance on the PayPams website will reflect your recent payment only after the school cafeteria confirms receipt of payment.
• There will be a charge of $1.95 for every transaction.  This charge helps to maintain the website and to cover the cost of processing payments.
• PayPAMS currently accepts MasterCard and Discover cards.  Recently, PayPAMS had to stop accepting Visa credit/debit card payments due to Visa regulations.  
• A link to the PayPAMS website will be available on our school’s website.  You will find this link on our central office page as well as on the “Menu” page for each school site.

I hope that you find the new PayPAMS system to be a helpful tool as you manage and monitor your child’s food service account from home.

Sincerely,

David S. Krakoff
Administrator for Special Projects