Couple pays $5,495 owed for lunches at Marysville schools

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11. That's what's so weird...

people will donate to a gofundme but they will not consider just having taxes pay for school lunches.

http://www.king5.com/news/local/stories-worth-sharing/school-lunch-debt-fundraising-spreads-to-everett-marysville/440103223

A Seattle parent's GoFundMe project seeking to erase Seattle's school lunch debt reached its goal in just five days. Now, other parents are following his lead and starting fundraisers of their own.

Parents and educators in Everett and Marysville have started campaigns to help eradicate lunch debt in their school districts.

School lunch debt is accumulated when a child orders a meal at school but is unable to pay for it. The school won't turn the child away, but it won't give the child a full meal, and it will send a bill to their parents.

If a parent is already unable to send their child to school with lunch money, receiving the invoice from the school creates a bigger problem.

On his GoFundMe page, Lew wrote, "It is an awful thing and it should not be happening. Children need to eat regardless if they have money or not."

Lew originally started his campaign with the goal of paying off his child's school's $97 lunch debt. Then, his idea grew to include all of Seattle, which had a debt of around $21,000. He reached his goal Saturday, just five days after launching his campaign.