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Last update: 09/03/2000 jmm
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11, Patrons, Introduction & Defaults 
Patrons are . . . . .
Patrons are individuals who participate in a school's food services
programs but who are not present in either the Student or Faculty Editors.
These are individuals whose participation is more frequent than that of
an occasional visitor, enough to justify maintaining an account (to
allow prepay and/or charging), or whose meal service must be recorded due
to participation in free/reduced Child Nutrition programs.
Patron consumer types are Student, Faculty, Adult or Child.
11.1 Introduction
If a District-wide database is in use, a Patron is
. . .
Not present in the Student Editor for this school or any other school
in the district
Not present in the Faculty Editor for this school or any other school
in the district
Needs/wants to maintain a Food Services account, for convenience or
for free/reduced/paid reporting
Examples:
Students who are not currently present in the Student Editor but who
will be when their enrollment into the district is completed.
Students attending an off-site school, such as a HeadStart Pre-School.
District Staff
Student Teachers
Parent volunteers
Faculty Spouse
When a District-wide database is in use, Enrollment and Eligibility figures
are automatically adjusted (for Food Service purposes only) for
Student Patron Meals when these patrons receive meals from schools other
than the "home" school. Enrollment and Eligibility Adjustments are
clearly shown on the Daily and Monthly Eligibility Summary Reports.
If a District-wide database is not in use (this is a stand-alone
school), a Patron is . . .
Not present in the Student Editor for this school
Not present in the Faculty Editor for this school
Needs/wants to maintain a Food Services account, for convenience or
for free/reduced/paid reporting
Examples:
A student who is enrolled at another school in the district but receives
meals from this school.
Students who are not currently present in the Student Editor but who
will be when their enrollment into the school is completed.
Students attending an off-site school, such as a HeadStart Pre-School.
District Staff
Student Teachers
Parent volunteers
Faculty Spouse
Patron records are maintained in Food Service Accounts, Patron Accounts.
If the Patron is a Student, he/she is automatically assigned Paid Status,
which may be changed to Free or Reduced. Patron bar codes and other
documents are printed from Food Service Reports/Letters & Labels.
11.2 Patron Editor Defaults
Open Food Services, then click on the Patrons button. The Patron
Editor opens in read-only mode showing the first patron record. Open
the File Menu and select Defaults.
Fig. 1 - Patron Editor, read-only
11.2.1 Set Optional Data Entry Defaults
Defaults are offered as an aid to data entry. If defaults are
present, the default data is supplied each time a new patron is added.
This is proposed data only and may be overwritten in an individual patron
record. When setting defaults, choose the most commonly used information
for each default. Some or all default fields may be used, and defaults
may be changed at any time.
Fig. 2 - Patron Editor Defaults
Defaults for: -
If logon has been completed at the district level, all schools plus
the district are available. Choose the appropriate site.
Cons. type: -
Choose the most commonly used patron consumer type. The Consumer
type determines if and how patron meal data affects eligibility figures.
Fig. 3 - Default Patron Consumer types
City, State, Zip Code and Phone -
These are text entry fields. If a default is present, the cursor
automatically positions itself after the last numeral of the default
when the Tab key is used to move to each of these fields. For example,
if the zip code default is "84", then the cursor positions after the "4"
to allow entry of the balance of the zip code.
Lang -
Choose the most commonly used patron language. Language may remain
Unset, both as a default setting and within a patron record. Language
is used when patron documents are printed. If Unset, the English
document template is used.
Fig. 4 - Patron Language list box
Choose Save, then Close when finished.
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