Customer of the Month
Tim Pirolli Food Service Supervisor Pemberton Township Schools, NJ District Snapshot Number of Schools: 8 PCS customer since: 1995 PCS Products: PayPAMS, Online & Scanned Apps, RIGHTrak, FASTrak, ALANAs and FREDs Tim Pirolli has been with Pemberton Township Schools for nearly forty years. Beginning his tenure at the district as a Foods Teacher, eighteen years later Tim became the Food Service Supervisor for the district. With over 50 percent free and reduced participation, Tim's department serves 3000 meals at lunch and 1000...
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Priscilla Urban Food Service Specialist Ferguson-Florissant School District District Snapshot PCS Products Used: RIGHTrak & FASTrak Schools: 23 PCS customer since: Spring 2013 PCS: How long have you worked at the district? Priscilla: It will be 16 years in October. PCS: Tell us about some of the jobs you have had in the district. Priscilla: I was originally hired as the Secretary to the Assistant Principal at one of the Middle Schools and started at the Food Service Department in July 2000. PCS: What...
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Debbie Middleton Director, Child Nutrition Pampa Independent School District District Snapshot PCS Products Used: TrakNOW, PayPAMS, POS Number of Schools: 6 PCS customer since: 1994 Texas is a state that is passionate about its sports teams, professional, college and high school, whether it is the Cowboys, Rangers or Astros, or the Pampa High Harvesters. Back in 2006, the Pampa High School football team was featured on Dateline NBC. The story depicts how "Every Friday night, small town America shows its spirit...
“Eating Healthy Every Day” at Miami-Dade
Miami-Dade County Department of Food and Nutrition is providing a new service via a food truck. The theme is "Eating Healthy Every Day" with a special menu only served on the food truck, like wraps, veggie burgers, fajita tacos, turkey burgers, Asian chicken wraps, meatball on hoagie, fresh fruit, juice and milk. The food truck visits selected schools, rotating locations on a daily basis. A choice of two or three reimbursable meal offerings is provided, changing...
Customer of the Month
Lori Drenth Director of Food & Nutrition Hernando County School District , FL District Snapshot PCS Products Used: FASTrak, RightNOW, TrakNOW, ReportNOW Number of Schools: 26 In 2013-14 Hernando moved to PCS as a part of efforts to introduce evolving technologies into all aspects of their food services. At the helm of this transition is 2013 FAME-Silver Leadership Award winner, Lori Drenth. One word to describe Lori's impact on Hernando's Food service program would be transformative. Lori points to the advancement in...
Cream of the Crop Award
We would like to congratulate Bryan ISD for receiving the Cream of the Crop Award, as a result of their performance at the annual challenge from the Texas Department of Agriculture. The challenge was to use more Texas products in meals served during National School Lunch Week (NSLW), with the Local Products Challenge. Bryan ISD was able to incorporate a weekly average of three or more local menu items each day. Way to go Bryan...
Customer of the Month
Patty Page Director of Nutrition Services Manteca Unified School District, CA Patty has been using PCS products in Manteca since the fall of 2011 and is currently using RIGHTrak, FASTrak, NetPOS, Rocketscan F&R integration, and PayPAMS. She is now implementing PCS' TrakNOW Nutrition and Inventory, which will be rolled out to all school cafeterias this year. With Patty at the helm, Manteca USD is one of only 24 districts in California to achieve honors in the U.S. Department of...
I love my PCS!
I've used PCS for over 25 years and have consistently found that whenever I needed assistance, the response from support was very quick and on target to resolve any issues. The company has made it their business to put their customers' needs first, rather than just trying to sell their "latest and greatest" to make a buck. Everyone, from the company General Manager, David Yaniv, to the support techs (too numerous to name), make their...
Districts use PayPAMs for all School Fee Payments
Many districts are using PayPAMs to handle all School Fee Payments. From Computer Leasing District uses PayPAMS for student computer Leasing Fees Manteca Unified School District started using PayPAMS for computer leasing fees in November. The district hopes this program will save time handling monthly payments for 23,000 students. Manteca has been using PayPAMS for meal payments for several years. Florida District Encourages Parents to Pay Online with Bonus Program In order to encourage parents to prepay for meals...
GSNA Honors Clayton County
Earlier this month, Clayton County Public Schools Superintendent, Luvenia Jackson honored several of the district's school nutrition programs for their work in increasing participation in their respective school-level programs. Nutrition Services Director, Audrey Hamilton awarded certificates of appreciation to several school nutrition managers. Hamilton said the nutrition managers were honored by the Georgia School Nutrition Association for having consistently high breakfast or lunch participation for at least three years straight and for increasing school meal program...