Pennsylvania school.district tells parents either pay tour child's lunch debt or risk loosi g your children

[Lemons]

I don't know what the solution is but this is a very common problem.

I foresee public schools going to "FREE LUNCH FOR ALL STUDENTS" real soon.

This would stop all the indebtedness to school districts. Taxpayers will be paying for lunches.

Taxpayers pay for public school, why not include lunch? Some cities and towns have begun offering all students lunch. NYC does. Or at least lower the income level needed to be eligible for free lunch. Kids don’t do well when hungry.

[Inmybizz]

If you can't afford to feed your kids you are a shitty and unfit parent and you deserve to have them taken away

The school I worked for many of the families could afford food and/or pay their bill. Some would rather buy 100 tennis shoes, latest iPhone than pay 40-50 bill. Not saying all are like this but the ones I encountered were.

[Anonymous 7]

Kids being TAKEN FROM THEIR PARENTS over $50 in chicken nuggets and chocolate milk. What a shitshow of a country

Well, it doesn't say the kids will be taken. It says the parents could go to Dependency Court where it's possible that the kids could be taken. I would imagine there would have to be more going on than just a lunch bill.

But let's face it, it's the parent's responsibility to feed the kids, not the schools. And if you can't manage to pay for a cheap-ass lunch for your kid everyday, you've got some serious problems going on that you either need the wake-up call to shake you into responsibility, or perhaps your kids would be better off somewhere else.

[Anonymous 1]

I agree, Lemons. See my earlier response. ^

I don't know what the solution is but this is a very common problem.

I foresee public schools going to "FREE LUNCH FOR ALL STUDENTS" real soon.

This would stop all the indebtedness to school districts. Taxpayers will be paying for lunches.

Taxpayers pay for public school, why not include lunch? Some cities and towns have begun offering all students lunch. NYC does. Or at least lower the income level needed to be eligible for free lunch. Kids don’t do well when hungry.

[QuantumNursing]

I don't know what the solution is but this is a very common problem.

I foresee public schools going to "FREE LUNCH FOR ALL STUDENTS" real soon.

This would stop all the indebtedness to school districts. Taxpayers will be paying for lunches.

Thats already happening in some districts

[Anonymous 1]

I agree.

I don't know what the solution is but this is a very common problem.

I foresee public schools going to "FREE LUNCH FOR ALL STUDENTS" real soon.

This would stop all the indebtedness to school districts. Taxpayers will be paying for lunches.

Thats already happening in some districts

[Anonymous 8]

Kids being TAKEN FROM THEIR PARENTS over $50 in chicken nuggets and chocolate milk. What a shitshow of a country

If the parents can’t afford to feed their children they should be taken.

[Anonymous 9]

A shame. Not providing food for your children should be an automatic CPS/foster situation. What pieces of shit.

They were also told that they cannot threaten foster care for this by the authorities so it went nowhere.

[Anonymous 1]

They should do like the Chinese do:

Post the parents' names & their debt in a public place and shame them into paying their debt!

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/societ ... t-screens

ETA: I say this mainly about those big balances ($450.00) owed.

[12skipafew]

Weird, I’m in PA and I’ve let my son’s lunch card go negative because I forgot about it. I put $100 on at the beginning of the year and forgot about checking the balance. I never even got a phone call. The only reason I knew about the negative balance was because ods asked if he could start getting snacks again lol