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26. If the parents are in arrears, do you think the kid had breakfast?

Tue Sep 20, 2016, 07:41 PM

Sep 2016

A good chance the student didn't have breakfast. I live 20 minutes from this school district, though another county, I am ashamed at what they are doing. Feed the kids and take the parents to the local Magistrate for payment. That's a simple procedure. You don't need an attorney at that level of court, it's a civil matter. Find an administrator who isn't doing much (I'm sure there's a few of them) & have them take the past due invoices & have the magistrate rule accordingly.

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Public school cafeteria worker quits in 'lunch shaming' [View all] Judi Lynn Sep 2016 OP

Tax the rich. Feed the poor. Iggo Sep 2016 #1

We can do better than this. Wellstone ruled Sep 2016 #2

Yes! But so many do and always have, and Hortensis Sep 2016 #37

I hope a school system with a great saltpoint Sep 2016 #3

They did. Read the story yeoman6987 Sep 2016 #41

Good, then, if you know this woman saltpoint Sep 2016 #42

If you don't have the money, they give a cold sandwich, fruit and milk yeoman6987 Sep 2016 #44

I read the AP link provided. I stand saltpoint Sep 2016 #46

That's fine but I think the school is fair in the handling of it yeoman6987 Sep 2016 #47

Two fucking slices of bread and some cheese saltpoint Sep 2016 #48

Fine. At least some should stop saying they are not feeding him yeoman6987 Sep 2016 #50

You don't have a point that eclipses saltpoint Sep 2016 #51

The poster did NOT see that info. in this thread, not yet. I posted both articles. n/t Judi Lynn Sep 2016 #62

You did, and I am taking your side. saltpoint Sep 2016 #63

I'm speechless... Cooley Hurd Sep 2016 #4

Read the article beyond the headline please!!!!! yeoman6987 Sep 2016 #45

That post was correct. The child WAS denied the hot lunch, hence the reason for the lunch lady quit. Judi Lynn Sep 2016 #61

It's a completely accurate post Bradical79 Sep 2016 #69

Ok. Thanks I will yeoman6987 Sep 2016 #73

Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2016 #71

It's a complicated financial situation but how could the best solution be to stigmatize the kids? Gidney N Cloyd Sep 2016 #5

I would gladly pay more property tax awoke_in_2003 Sep 2016 #25

Donate. Igel Sep 2016 #54

This is nothing more than child abuse. sheshe2 Sep 2016 #6

+1 KT2000 Sep 2016 #9

Thanks KT. sheshe2 Sep 2016 #13

That's exactly what schools do now philosslayer Sep 2016 #56

My mother manages the lunch program in a district in NJ a la izquierda Sep 2016 #57

Doesn't always work. haele Sep 2016 #90

whatever the solution KT2000 Sep 2016 #94

Not disagreeing with you. haele Sep 2016 #95

don't cry, be ANGRY. call these bastards, let them know exactly what you think. niyad Sep 2016 #19

"Please sir, can I have some more." sarge43 Sep 2016 #7

Reminds me of a lyric from a Leon Rosselson song: Ken Burch Sep 2016 #21

Hot school lunches cost around $3 for STAFF HockeyMom Sep 2016 #8

Post removed Post removed Sep 2016 #70

fix charter school payments and school funding formula DeminPennswoods Sep 2016 #10

They couldn't wait until after he'd eaten to inform him the new policy took effect the next day?... Journeyman Sep 2016 #11

Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2016 #72

Besides, what is going to happen to the lunch taken away? Likely it will be trashed csziggy Sep 2016 #86

The district's logo jberryhill Sep 2016 #12

I don't know whether to make an off-color joke about parsimony msanthrope Sep 2016 #14

To hear the words actual Scots would use about this policy... Ken Burch Sep 2016 #17

The Scot in the logo snort Sep 2016 #68

What part of "it's barbaric to make a poor kid's parents pay for hot lunch" doesn't this school get? Ken Burch Sep 2016 #15

I wonder how much the district superintendent makes? and other assorted high-ranking niyad Sep 2016 #16

how about this... Martak Sarno Sep 2016 #33

yes, we are the greatest, bestest, most wonderfulest nation in the WHOLE universe!! niyad Sep 2016 #34

Teachers making a living wage? ForgoTheConsequence Sep 2016 #64

And how dare they be allowed to collective bargain and get benefits! obamanut2012 Sep 2016 #81

Wow, disparging public teacher salaries and benefits?! obamanut2012 Sep 2016 #80

This isn't about the teachers Dyedinthewoolliberal Sep 2016 #89

Put your money where your mouth is. tazkcmo Sep 2016 #91

I hereby propose that ANY fucking district that has such policies, the superintendent, niyad Sep 2016 #18

Admins don't give a damn... awoke_in_2003 Sep 2016 #28

true. I would guess that these trump wannabes would, even seeing the faces niyad Sep 2016 #29

Good for Stacey dembotoz Sep 2016 #20

contact info niyad Sep 2016 #22

I find the numbers the super quoted almost bizarre-- owing over 100k annually? 70 niyad Sep 2016 #23

meals should be provided for all students at all public schools JI7 Sep 2016 #24

If the parents are in arrears, do you think the kid had breakfast? mrmpa Sep 2016 #26

that is an excellent, and worrisome, point. study after study has proved that when children niyad Sep 2016 #32

I'm confused Martak Sarno Sep 2016 #27

thank you. excellent points, all. niyad Sep 2016 #31

Providing free hot lunches to all students TexasBushwhacker Sep 2016 #85

Many of us, probably most of us, saltpoint Sep 2016 #30

Take a lesson from a millionaire. He cut $8.7 billion in food stamps from hungry families jtuck004 Sep 2016 #35

School lunch worker quits after being forced to throw away student’s hot meal Judi Lynn Sep 2016 #36

That is just sick!! smirkymonkey Sep 2016 #97

So pro life of them muntrv Sep 2016 #38

Speaking of that I always like to tell this story Proud liberal 80 Sep 2016 #43

No one on here is talking about preventing this or what they'd do different; only mad it happened. MadDAsHell Sep 2016 #39

Thank you. Glad I wasn't the only one thinking along those lines. NT Sand Rat Expat Sep 2016 #74

A cold sandwich, fruit and milk instead yeoman6987 Sep 2016 #40

+1. A cheese sandwich was SOP for me for years, albeit with a bag of chips too. Nye Bevan Sep 2016 #65

Me either. Had I known my parents would be in jail. Lol. yeoman6987 Sep 2016 #66

Yup, me too TexasBushwhacker Sep 2016 #87

Yet the super wealthy do not have nearly enough GeoWilliam750 Sep 2016 #49

whoever told her to take the hot lunch away is to blame, IMO, not the school district renate Sep 2016 #52

School lunch community eligibility DeminPennswoods Sep 2016 #53

Has Paul Ryan been asked about this Dickensian Policy yet? bucolic_frolic Sep 2016 #55

I watched an episode of Anthony Bourdain the other night SomethingNew Sep 2016 #58

It's not the parents who are singled out by the policy - it's the child. Solly Mack Sep 2016 #59

Strongly agree with that, Solly Mack. eom saltpoint Sep 2016 #60

The real cost here was that child's self worth suffragette Sep 2016 #75

Yep. Solly Mack Sep 2016 #96

"I'll never forget his name, the look on his face" Skittles Sep 2016 #67

We paid for it ourselves HockeyMom Sep 2016 #76

Humiliating poor children, disgusting. Odin2005 Sep 2016 #77

Canonsburg used to be a mining community and has a low median income. appleannie1 Sep 2016 #78

my son is a Senior in High School and is a Type 1 Diabetic rbrnmw Sep 2016 #79

So you are saying you don't whistler162 Sep 2016 #82

I sure do but if something would happen where I couldn5 rbrnmw Sep 2016 #83

I didn't think you would but this whistler162 Sep 2016 #88

Read my post below Pacifist Patriot Sep 2016 #93

Older students, and plenty of younger ones TexasBushwhacker Sep 2016 #84

This message was self-deleted by its author Pacifist Patriot Sep 2016 #92