Public school cafeteria worker quits in 'lunch shaming'

[Judi Lynn]

36. School lunch worker quits after being forced to throw away student’s hot meal

School lunch worker quits after being forced to throw away student’s hot meal
September 20, 2016 4:23 PM

By T. Rees Shapiro
The Washington Post


Stacy Koltiska said that she will never forget the look in the little boy's eyes. As an elementary school lunchroom staffer, her job was to work the register for the children when they paid for their meals.

But the boy had a negative balance on his account, and a new policy in the Canon-McMillan, Pa., school district this year prevents cafeteria workers from serving a hot meal to students who owe more than $25. Koltiska said she had to follow the policy and was ordered to refuse the boy his hot meal because he couldn't pay for it.


"As a Christian, I have an issue with this," said Koltiska, of Canonsburg, Pa. "It's sinful and shameful is what it is."

Students who were refused the hot meal instead got a sandwich made of two slices of wheat bread and a single, cold slice of "government cheese," Koltiska said. The contents of the hot lunch, such as chicken nuggets or corn dog bites, were thrown away, Koltiska said, even though parents would still be charged the full regular price of $2.05 for the meal. Koltiska said that she resigned out of a moral obligation.

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article102988672.html#storylink=cpy

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Stacy Koltiska, a human who loves children,
who has had to face the effects of decisions
made by cold, vicious idiots. Bless Stacy Koltiska
for caring when clearly those who make the big
bucks off manipulating children don't care. [center]