MushyMushy
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At the beginning of the school year our school nutrition group started a policy where if a kid didn't have money in their account, they wouldn't get a lunch. It used to be, a kid could charge on the account and they would send a bill to the parents. Now keep in mind that where I live, we have a HIGH number of kids getting free lunches, so this policy affects only the kids of working parents.
I'm torn on it. I give my daughter money every day, but she can be forgetful and leave it. She's a little slow and ditsy like that. Hopefully if she went without lunch a time or two, it would teach her not to forget her money! But on the other hand, I hate for her to go without ANYthing when she has volleyball or band practice after school. Couldn't they cough up a PB&J for the kids who have a balance? I think it's especially bad that they'll take the lunch away from the kid who owes and just throw it away.
I'm friends with teachers at one of the schools and they say there's a lot of controversy even among them with it. There have been a lot more incidents of lunches being thrown away right in the kid's face. To me, that's just WRONG.
What do you think?
At the beginning of the school year our school nutrition group started a policy where if a kid didn't have money in their account, they wouldn't get a lunch. It used to be, a kid could charge on the account and they would send a bill to the parents. Now keep in mind that where I live, we have a HIGH number of kids getting free lunches, so this policy affects only the kids of working parents.
I'm torn on it. I give my daughter money every day, but she can be forgetful and leave it. She's a little slow and ditsy like that. Hopefully if she went without lunch a time or two, it would teach her not to forget her money! But on the other hand, I hate for her to go without ANYthing when she has volleyball or band practice after school. Couldn't they cough up a PB&J for the kids who have a balance? I think it's especially bad that they'll take the lunch away from the kid who owes and just throw it away.
I'm friends with teachers at one of the schools and they say there's a lot of controversy even among them with it. There have been a lot more incidents of lunches being thrown away right in the kid's face. To me, that's just WRONG.
What do you think?