We need more folks like Kenny in this world.

[TBF]

Great story in Houston today --

Houston-area mentor pays delinquent lunch accounts for more than 60 kids
Author: Keith Garvin, Anchor/Reporter, [e-mail]
Published On: Feb 04 2014 10:10:05 PM CST Updated On: Feb 05 2014 10:33:15 AM CST

In his 10 years as a mentor and tutor, a local man has always done his best to meet the needs of the students in his life.

That's exactly what Kenny Thompson did Monday when he learned that some children at Houston's Valley Oaks Elementary School who had negative balances on their lunch accounts were receiving different lunches than the other kids: cold cheese sandwiches instead of a full tray of food.

He was spurred to take action after hearing last week that dozens of Utah students, whose accounts were delinquent, had their lunches taken and thrown away.

"I'm like, 'Wow. I know that's probably a situation at my school, and the school my son goes to, and the other schools I mentor at.' So I came in and inquired about it," Thompson said.

He not only inquired about it, Thompson learned that many of the kids were already on reduced lunch. Children whose parents couldn't afford the meals that cost just 40 cents a day. He took $465 of his own money and zeroed out the delinquent accounts of more than 60 kids ...

More here: http://www.click2houston.com/news/houstonarea-mentor-pays-delinquent-lunch-accounts-of-more-than-60-kids/-/1735978/24297388/-/1497csxz/-/index.html

[NYC_SKP]

1. That two tier lunch policy is bullshit. Good for Kenny Thompson, shame on them. nt

[TBF]

3. I hear you -

and that policy is pretty standard in the Houston area.

You'd think someone would figure out a basic lunch could be a national thing provided by the schools. Everything is cheaper in bulk and I'd advocate doing this with tax money. I like the idea of feeding kids better than blowing people up. I swear we could feed every kid in this country by just cutting the drone budget in half ...

[DamnYankeeInHouston]

5. Breakfast is free for all in Houston's public school (to get federal funds). Lunch should be, too.

[upaloopa]

2. Tell me again why throwing lunches in the trash

Is better than letting kids eat them?

[TBF]

4. It's crazy isn't it -

I will never understand a mind that works that way.