I'll agree with the slippery slope comment. Perhaps I took it too far. Just found it absurd that providing kids a free meal was considered shaming them.
At least they are being reasonable. These are some pretty big amounts owed by these parents. What choice do they have but to shame the kids in front of their peers?
Exactly.I found those to be especially stupid. My wife works in a similar role and they dont chase kids for a nickel, or block their options for a trivial amount. That's an actively asshole admin Dept doing that.
It's not about school districts being between a rock and a hard place, it's about school districts going all in on bureaucracy and we'll paid administration.
If those school districts were that concerned about budgeting for their districts they would privatize and tell the federal government, thanks but no thanks.
I found those to be especially stupid. My wife works in a similar role and they dont chase kids for a nickel, or block their options for a trivial amount. That's an actively asshole admin Dept doing that.
At least they are being reasonable. These are some pretty big amounts owed by these parents. What choice do they have but to shame the kids in front of their peers?
It's the school boards I was referring to. Federal mandates only apply if you participate in the school lunch program.Not all schools are given a choice in that. Often its mandated by governing bodies everywhere from the locally elected school board on up to the federal level.
Around here that is not a legal option
It's only shaming them because they do t get the choice in the matter. They also don't choose not to pay the bill. As KB pointed out, kids will shame their peers for anything under the sun, so why give them the pleasure of shaming them due to sammiches.
At first I was disgusted by this, but thinking about it, when I was a kid, nothing was free. No money, no food at all. In fact I ate "cold" pb & jelly sandwiches my mom packed each day and ate them happily. Sun butter and jelly would have been a fine alternative to young me.
Coming from my background, this doesn't seem like a big deal. They are still getting free food and not going hungry. If there are no repercussions for not paying your lunch debt, why would you ever pay your lunch debt? Schools are trying to raise good students who will become good citizens. Good people pay their debts.
On the shaming aspect, kids will find a way to shame each other for almost anything. Whether its clothes, shoes or now, FortNite skins, they will always try to one-up each other in status. This is almost unstoppable.
I think, for those that believe this is a true problem, the only solution is to raise taxes and give every student an equal lunch without incurring debt. That is something voters should get a chance to vote on.
You missed that giant whooshing sound that went over your head when you read my post right?Punishing children because of their parents? Wtf is wrong with you.
Or it could be that they are required to reach out to every single person with an amount owned by rule or law that the school didn't choose to make but is required to enforce (See: We must treat every child equitably)
Yeah, I went back and re-read the article. It doesn't seem like the cold lunches are a cheaper option. It seems it's purely to show the kids and other kids they owe money. So I'm on board with you guys now.
yea, this is just aggravating
Makes you wonder wtf is wrong with Warwick districts. Also makes me wonder if the same people donating would support higher taxes to fund lunch for all the kids. I definitely support breakfast and lunch for the kids guaranteed, and my feels makes me wanna support the same for teachers and staff...but I'm a socialist pigdog.
Ah, so raw doggin capitalismThey are run by glenn1 types that demand the poor suffer in greater misery, again and again and again, regardless of the endless labor exploitation that most face, so long as they "learn their lesson for being so poor!"
They are run by glenn1 types that demand the poor suffer in greater misery, again and again and again, regardless of the endless labor exploitation that most face, so long as they "learn their lesson for being so poor!"
Those students who got nut butter and jelly sands. we're ALREADY budgeted and planned for. The regular food to feed them was already made. In other words, the normal menu food for them was thrown out at the end of the day. You know nothing of the federal lunch program. Keep trolling your boat though.I would gladly take a sunflower butter and jelly sandwich over the warm meal slop served at the schools I went to.
If the kids were left with nothing to eat, that would be another thing entirely, but that is not the case.
Also, school districts cannot rely on charity to plan or manage their budgets. As admirable as it is that Chobani stepped up, they can’t fund every child in every school district across the country.
Not only that:
“the decision targeted parents who could afford to pay for the lunches but didn’t as well as parents who are experiencing hardship and haven’t filled out paperwork to get financial assistance”
National crisis of food insecurity not found.
Budget, planned but not paid for, which is what forced the school district’s hand, and because the story went viral, the school district has to now nationally defend a tough policy decision. I’ll just paddle my boat around your bubble.Those students who got nut butter and jelly sands. we're ALREADY budgeted and planned for. The regular food to feed them was already made. In other words, the normal menu food for them was thrown out at the end of the day. You know nothing of the federal lunch program. Keep trolling your boat though.
As usual you ignore anything that doesn't for your viewpoint. Poor poor school district having to justify a stupid policy.Budget, planned but not paid for, which is what forced the school district’s hand, and now because the story went viral, the school district has to now nationally defend a tough policy decision. I’ll just paddle my boat around your bubble.
bye.As usual you ignore anything that doesn't for your viewpoint. Poor poor school district having to justify a stupid policy.
I know you thrive on attention though so, I won't bother to respond to your trolls any further.
Budget, planned but not paid for, which is what forced the school district’s hand, and because the story went viral, the school district has to now nationally defend a tough policy decision. I’ll just paddle my boat around your bubble.