Cherokee schools switch vendor for online payments

The Cherokee County School District has selected a new vendor to handle online payments for such purposes as field trips and parking permits. AJC FILE

The Cherokee County School District has selected a new vendor to handle online payments for such purposes as field trips and parking permits. AJC FILE

Beginning Dec. 18, the Cherokee County School District will have a new vendor handling online payments for such purposes as after-school programs, field trips and parking permits.

Online School Payments will take over from RevTrak “to accommodate growing use of online payments by parents; the convenience fee charged to parents by the vendor to make online payments (3.49 percent) will not change,” officials said.

Families who are already signed up for online payments will have to sign up to use the new system, a district spokeswoman said. To set up an account: http://bit.ly/2j3BDSf

Online payments are optional, officials said; schools also will continue to accept cash and checks, which do not require a convenience fee. “This is not the online system to pre-pay for school breakfasts or lunches – that system is not changing,” officials said.

Parents with questions can contact the front office of their child’s school.