Tamaqua Area School District plans to switch to a different company foronline payments to its students' food service accounts.

The school board's finance committee on Tuesday recommended the approval of the School Cafeteria Service Agreement with Cybersoft Technologies Inc. of Houston, Texas.In a related matter, the board's education committee recommended approving the second reading of the district's point-of-sale system.After the meeting, Superintendent Raymond Kinder said, "We have had a system like this in place for a number of years."We are just changing to a different company," Kinder said. "As was the case before, parents will be able, if they choose, to replenish their child's accounts using an online system."Kinder said,"When we changed our cafeteria system from a scan system to a numeric system, the two pieces of software were not compatible. This will now allow parents to see an accurate reflection of their child's account balance."Kinder said the change in the district's point-of-sale system is expected to take place within the next few weeks.He previously said that the district plans to change its point-of-sale system, effective this school year, and that the district plans to change the system to a numeric code for students, in which they will get a four- to six-digit number, and after their food is rung up, they will enter in their code.Kinder said the change will result in a more effective way for the district to get through its current cafeteria issues.He said there were consistency and reliability issues with the scanning, and said a numeric code is more reliable.The Primero system will cost the district about $8,400, Kinder said.He said breakfast and lunch costs will remain the same for the 2016-17 school year.Other action• The board's education committee recommended approving the district's comprehensive plan and the first reading of a naloxone policy.The finance committee recommended approving:• An agreement with the Schuylkill Intermediate Unit No. 29 forspecial education services for the 2016-17 fiscal year for a tentative amount of $404,116.•The business manager to participate in the E-rate program for the 2017-18 funding year, and to execute agreements as necessary, subject to future ratification by the board of education. The program allows the district to access Internet, telecommunication and web-hosting services at discounts of about 56 percent of the actual cost.•The business manager to participate in the Pennsylvania Education Joint Purchasing Council's bid process for the 2017-18 fiscal year for general, paper, art, maintenance, custodial, computer, food service, heating fuel and athletic supplies.