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Wed Dec 23, 2015, 01:58 PM

Dec 2015

School cafeteria worker faces dismissal for giving student free lunch
By Debbie Bryce | For the Journal Updated Dec 22, 2015

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Ironically, Bowden said she later found out the girl was within her $11 limit and could have charged the meal. But the girl didn’t know what her balance was and was too embarrassed and afraid to ask.

“She came to me, she said she was hungry and she didn’t have any money,” Bowden said. “I would do it again in the same situation.”

Superintendent Howell said students going through the hot lunch line simply enter a four-digit code and if their account exceeds the $11 credit limit, parents are notified.

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If, after notifying the parents that the account needs payment and the district doesn’t receive any money, students are given the option of having a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and milk, according to the superintendent.

http://www.idahostatejournal.com/members/school-cafeteria-worker-faces-dismissal-for-giving-student-free-lunch/article_a5518baf-686c-5b3a-ac12-8168fcabebba.html

Based on this, it still seems improper that she would be fired.

Rather, if the school's mission is education and if all children need to not be hungry in order to properly be educated, then the school should work towards fulfilling its mission even if it requires feeding all the children who attend the school whether they can pay or not. It would be for the good of the children and eventually for the good of society.

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What are we becoming? daleanime Dec 2015 #1

Coporate owned! RR2 Dec 2015 #4

We'll find that out..... daleanime Dec 2015 #5

Hope you are right N/T RR2 Dec 2015 #6

Nope I disagree. Iliyah Dec 2015 #9

It isn't capitalism anymore, it's now "social Darwinism". roamer65 Dec 2015 #11

Don't like where.... daleanime Dec 2015 #13

It's a bit of both nxylas Dec 2015 #19

Not all of us. Not Dalene Bowden. Would be interested in the name of this company? EndElectoral Dec 2015 #21

Yeah, right > come together. YOHABLO Dec 2015 #102

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I was thinking the same thing davidpdx Dec 2015 #98

Everybody I've ever met who've had anything to do with ARAMark hated it. marble falls Dec 2015 #100

Funny thing is I've worked for them as well davidpdx Dec 2015 #107

Seems like the Fourth Reich to me...(n/t) Moostache Dec 2015 #57

more like, what have we become. Javaman Dec 2015 #95

Very Trumpesque: You fed the hungry, you are fired! Helen Borg Dec 2015 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author lobodons Dec 2015 #3

The complete lack of empathy is what is going to destroy this country. N/t roamer65 Dec 2015 #7

But, but... it's a Christian nation, haven't you heard! Dustlawyer Dec 2015 #18

Funny how this scripture seems to evade so many so-called "Christians" deutsey Dec 2015 #46

Or this one: Paulie Dec 2015 #55

Exactly. gvstn Dec 2015 #70

Mike "Huckster" Huckabee! He is only in it for donations, book sales, and a higher Fox salary! Dustlawyer Dec 2015 #105

Haven't you heard? LiberalLovinLug Dec 2015 #93

This is just a vulgarized version of Calvinism. potone Dec 2015 #104

The country is already finished.... We'll just watch the denouement play out villager Dec 2015 #53

And right before christmas, too. Quantess Dec 2015 #8

GoFundMe Paulie Dec 2015 #10

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I just sent something. DFW Dec 2015 #48

donated...thanks for the link - should make it an OP elias7 Dec 2015 #49

I kicked in 10 bucks Tab Dec 2015 #67

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Lunchroom attendents need to have the power to feed children who say they are hungry... marble falls Dec 2015 #14

My question is why are there hungry kids in public schools? d_legendary1 Dec 2015 #16

Well even I have breakfast but still am hungry by noon yeoman6987 Dec 2015 #30

Children in poverty are supposed to eat twice a day in public schools d_legendary1 Dec 2015 #34

Unless we know for sure that she is poor or just forgot to get money from mom yeoman6987 Dec 2015 #52

I'd minimize it too... LanternWaste Dec 2015 #62

Something missing in this story. yeoman6987 Dec 2015 #75

aaaanddd.... right on schedule. niyad Dec 2015 #63

What? You don't eat breakfast? Sorry but you should as it's the most important meal of the day. yeoman6987 Dec 2015 #74

Almost a quarter of our younglings chervilant Dec 2015 #59

Because our priorities are fucked up. Instead of feeding hungry kids and caring for sick people, we MillennialDem Dec 2015 #86

She offered to pay the $1.70 oberliner Dec 2015 #17

If she offered to pay RoccoR5955 Dec 2015 #39

We really can't have that... Kalidurga Dec 2015 #20

you are quite correct--the horrors that would be involved!!! niyad Dec 2015 #77

It sounds like she violated policy TexasBushwhacker Dec 2015 #22

Of course she did. Gormy Cuss Dec 2015 #45

Here is another article on this event... xocet Dec 2015 #81

Though they know better than to admit it in public... gregcrawford Dec 2015 #23

as long as the Marty McGraw Dec 2015 #89

A Republican would tell you... Chasstev365 Dec 2015 #24

8. And Merry Christmas! BillZBubb Dec 2015 #25

Are there no work houses? Chasstev365 Dec 2015 #43

Are there no work houses? AlbertCat Dec 2015 #51

Yep! Enough greed and selfishness. Enough is enough! Fast Walker 52 Dec 2015 #27

There's a dose of Christmas... 3catwoman3 Dec 2015 #26

are there no poor houses?... nt uriel1972 Dec 2015 #40

The supervisor is the one who should be fired. BillZBubb Dec 2015 #28

What have we become? This is sad. What a horrible message to those in need. n/t Paper Roses Dec 2015 #31

Lets put this in real perspective.............................. turbinetree Dec 2015 #32

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Reprimand, warning??? Deuce Dec 2015 #35

"Believe the children." CrispyQ Dec 2015 #36

Common sense is becoming rarer each day. n/t RoccoR5955 Dec 2015 #37

No child left behind?... nt uriel1972 Dec 2015 #38

How cindyperry Dec 2015 #41

they used to be Marty McGraw Dec 2015 #90

what happened that asshole driver? nt restorefreedom Dec 2015 #110

One can only hope, R Merm Dec 2015 #42

Trump to both lunch lady and hungry kid lobodons Dec 2015 #44

Maybe we should elect more people who care about hungry kids than making bank$ter/donors rich, then jtuck004 Dec 2015 #47

How much could that lunch have cost? AlbertCat Dec 2015 #50

Bet that supervisor supports Trump or Cruz. nt Cassiopeia Dec 2015 #54

Well, it's Idaho BuelahWitch Dec 2015 #119

the student could have low blood sugar mgmaggiemg Dec 2015 #56

I wonder how kacekwl Dec 2015 #58

Likely, the answer to your question is chervilant Dec 2015 #61

Sounds as if the employee just didn't follow proper procedure for getting the kid a lunch. yellowcanine Dec 2015 #60

On second thought - read further and "proper procedure" is apparently to dump the tray and give yellowcanine Dec 2015 #65

I'm confused Martak Sarno Dec 2015 #64

would you consider making this its own OP so that we can rec it? niyad Dec 2015 #68

this is the adult in charge, apparently: niyad Dec 2015 #66

$1900 in gofundme account. some of the comments on that page are disgusting, and typically niyad Dec 2015 #69

Some are but some are questioning the need for a lawyer when she had yeoman6987 Dec 2015 #80

no, it wouldn't, because, sadly, this is not the only such case we have seen around the niyad Dec 2015 #82

As a former Pocatello resident... 2naSalit Dec 2015 #71

thanks for that insight. had forgotten about the lds/idaho thing. niyad Dec 2015 #76

Distressing information. A weird connection here, for some reason the new randys1 Dec 2015 #79

for someone who is not familiar Marty McGraw Dec 2015 #92

There is no such thing as 2naSalit Dec 2015 #97

isn't idaho also a bastion of political redness? restorefreedom Dec 2015 #111

It most certainly is one of 2naSalit Dec 2015 #112

i visited there once restorefreedom Dec 2015 #113

Indeed, it is precisely that... 2naSalit Dec 2015 #114

yup. i can only imagine restorefreedom Dec 2015 #115

Compassionate conservatism at work. Capitalism first, compassion second. valerief Dec 2015 #72

district charges 30 cents for a low income lunch, make meals free and dump the 'for profit' admin. Sunlei Dec 2015 #73

"Where are the adults with common sense??" Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2015 #78

which always struck me as odd. Marty McGraw Dec 2015 #94

Good post. pacalo Dec 2015 #106

Even Oliver Twist was permitted to have a bowl of gruel. Chef Eric Dec 2015 #83

Yay America! tabasco Dec 2015 #85

World Wide Publicity for Pocatello Idaho, and the USA. unbelieveable Stuart G Dec 2015 #109

Merry Christmas. Happy Holidays. Get fucked. ChairmanAgnostic Dec 2015 #87

If the student wanted to eat and couldn't pay, she should have worked harder! KansDem Dec 2015 #88

Where are the adults with common sense. At home 'cause they were fired. :/ PersonNumber503602 Dec 2015 #91

hope a judge Marty McGraw Dec 2015 #96

What's good for people is good for business, but what's good for business vkkv Dec 2015 #99

To Me, this action is an outrage to all people, no compassion to a kid who is hungry. rladdi Dec 2015 #101

thank you for that very helpful list. they should be inundated when they return after vacation. niyad Dec 2015 #103

Sad Story. How can this happen??? Stuart G Dec 2015 #108

USA! USA! USA! /sarcasm/ - nt KingCharlemagne Dec 2015 #116

Dalene Bowden for President The Second Stone Dec 2015 #117

public schools need to provide free meals to all students JI7 Dec 2015 #118

District 25 offers fired lunch lady her job back FrodosPet Dec 2015 #120

There's a real pattern of self-righteous hypocrisy in this and so many other ways lately. forest444 Dec 2015 #121