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brestugo 09/10/19 1:58:57 PM #1: |
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/9-year-old-student-s-hot-lunch-taken-away-over-n1051981
An Ohio elementary school student had his hot lunch taken away and was given a cheese sandwich instead because he had a $9.75 unpaid balance, the boy's grandmother said. Jefferson Sharpnack, 9, had a hot lunch that included cheese sticks and sauce at Green Primary School in Uniontown, his grandmother, Diane Bailey, told NBC affiliate WKYC. It was taken away on a day last week that happened to be Jefferson's birthday. "I can't believe that it's cost effective to throw away food and give them cheese and bread," Bailey said. "When he got off the bus, he said 'worst birthday ever.'" The boy told WKYC he was "a little hurt" by the incident. Bailey said she had received a letter from the school saying that Jefferson had an unpaid balance of $9.75, which she said she had arranged to pay with a check. But when her grandson went to school, he was denied the hot lunch because of the balance. She said the district should "change their policy or find a different way other than embarrassing the kids." A spokesperson for Green Local Schools told NBC News in a statement Tuesday that in addition to the cheese sandwich, Jefferson received a side dish and a serving of milk to drink. Julie McMahan, the district's director of community relations, said younger students with unpaid balances were given a cheese sandwich while older students got a cheese quesadilla. That policy has now been changed. Jeff Miller, superintendent of Green Local Schools, responded to the incident in a statement on Facebook saying that all students in the district will now "receive the standard lunch for the day at their respective buildings regardless of their account balance." "We are sensitive to the financial hardship families incur and challenges presented due to the cost of school breakfast and lunches," he said. "Our staff, in coordination with Family Support Specialists, will continue to work with families to ensure they have access to all available resources to assist with purchasing school meals." The incident is the latest in a string of similar events in school districts responding to students' lunch debts. --- It's not about the size of the dog in the fight, it's about the size of the fight in the dog. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Hanky_Bannister 09/10/19 1:59:57 PM #2: |
peak capitalism loves starving children for minor debts
trumps america --- "3rd Best Whiskey in Northern Burma" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvjOu4EzjYg ... Copied to Clipboard!
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John_Galt 09/10/19 2:00:55 PM #3: |
Pay your debts, problem solved
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Fam_Fam 09/10/19 2:00:59 PM #4: |
yeah they should just get free stuff because you feel bad.
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Smashingpmkns 09/10/19 2:01:42 PM #5: |
Pro lifers hate feeding children
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Hanky_Bannister 09/10/19 2:05:51 PM #6: |
Smashingpmkns posted...
Pro lifers hate feeding children its their grand irony of stupidity --- "3rd Best Whiskey in Northern Burma" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvjOu4EzjYg ... Copied to Clipboard!
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DarkRoast 09/10/19 2:05:53 PM #7: |
Hanky_Bannister posted...
peak capitalism loves starving children for minor debts Government-run schools are "peak capitalism" to socialism apologists when shit goes wrong --- Well allons-y, Alonso! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Mr_MacPhisto 09/10/19 2:10:05 PM #8: |
Then why would anyone ever pay the balance? --- Off with the horns, On with the show! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Evening_Dragon 09/10/19 2:12:37 PM #9: |
Mr_MacPhisto posted...
Presumably because they believe they should, but also, wording: For the day, not indefinitely. Though that is vague enough that I could be wrong. --- "A guy talking into the camera about politics? My favorite." - Phantom_Nook Guide, it's Guide, it's that Guide ... Copied to Clipboard!
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EffectAndCause 09/10/19 2:14:25 PM #10: |
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Dunsworthy 09/10/19 2:16:48 PM #11: |
Perhaps I just dont understand the American school system, but can people not just pack their kids a lunch instead. Seems like if you cant afford school provided lunches you should probably do that.
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treewojima 09/10/19 2:19:20 PM #12: |
I've always wondered why public schools provide basically everything except binders and writing utensils, but will rake students over the coals about lunch money. Most kids have their account funded behind the scenes by their parents anyway.
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Zikten 09/10/19 2:20:38 PM #13: |
brestugo posted...
younger students with unpaid balances were given a cheese sandwich while older students got a cheese quesadilla. Wtf why? Younger kids like quesadillas too ... Copied to Clipboard!
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John_Galt 09/10/19 2:20:55 PM #14: |
Dunsworthy posted...
Perhaps I just dont understand the American school system, but can people not just pack their kids a lunch instead. Seems like if you cant afford school provided lunches you should probably do that. What, ask some parents to take responsibility for their children? What is this --- Who is John Galt? ... Copied to Clipboard!
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treewojima 09/10/19 2:21:58 PM #16: |
Dunsworthy posted...
Perhaps I just dont understand the American school system, but can people not just pack their kids a lunch instead. Seems like if you cant afford school provided lunches you should probably do that. This didn't appear to be an issue of the students or (grand)parents not having enough money, but rather being told what they owed from last month's statement and then having the food confiscated because they didn't immediately bring a check the next day. Some school districts are worse than others, but I'm not surprised that an Ohio elementary school would be overly punitive like this. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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brestugo 09/10/19 2:22:06 PM #17: |
Dunsworthy posted...
Perhaps I just dont understand the American school system, but can people not just pack their kids a lunch instead. Seems like if you cant afford school provided lunches you should probably do that. In some cases, if the kids don't eat at school, they don't eat at all. I saw a story on the Chicago school system and the superintendant said that was the reason that the schools there almost never close - even in the bitterest of winter. --- It's not about the size of the dog in the fight, it's about the size of the fight in the dog. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Malfunction 09/10/19 2:23:29 PM #18: |
John_Galt posted...
Dunsworthy posted...Perhaps I just dont understand the American school system, but can people not just pack their kids a lunch instead. Seems like if you cant afford school provided lunches you should probably do that. You're a corny loser role-playing as a character from a shitty book taking your impotent angst out on a hungry kid, shut the fuck up ... Copied to Clipboard!
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John_Galt 09/10/19 2:25:02 PM #19: |
Malfunction posted...
John_Galt posted...Dunsworthy posted...Perhaps I just dont understand the American school system, but can people not just pack their kids a lunch instead. Seems like if you cant afford school provided lunches you should probably do that. Lol, do u really spend 18+ hours a day here? Close your account and go outside --- Who is John Galt? ... Copied to Clipboard!
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IShall_Run_Amok 09/10/19 2:25:07 PM #20: |
Godnorgosh posted...
"Fuck the poor" is the good ol' USA's #1 motto.This. Fail nation failing again. --- My most adored of the five ocular castigations. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Malfunction 09/10/19 2:26:49 PM #22: |
John_Galt posted...
Malfunction posted...John_Galt posted...Dunsworthy posted...Perhaps I just dont understand the American school system, but can people not just pack their kids a lunch instead. Seems like if you cant afford school provided lunches you should probably do that. clearly ayn rands awful prose inspired your awful insults ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Hanky_Bannister 09/10/19 2:26:58 PM #23: |
M_Live posted...
Ostracizing and punishing kids for being poor, in a fucking school, is absolutely disgusting. Especially considering that average the low quality garbage meals they serve cost them a dollar or less. Should be illegal. sadly the pro life party doesnt care about children once they are born BOOTSTRAPS!! --- "3rd Best Whiskey in Northern Burma" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvjOu4EzjYg ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Evening_Dragon 09/10/19 2:28:04 PM #25: |
John_Galt posted...
Dunsworthy posted...Perhaps I just dont understand the American school system, but can people not just pack their kids a lunch instead. Seems like if you cant afford school provided lunches you should probably do that. If they can't afford the (presumably) reduced weekly/monthly cost of school lunch, what makes you think they can afford coldcuts and bread for the week? --- "A guy talking into the camera about politics? My favorite." - Phantom_Nook Guide, it's Guide, it's that Guide ... Copied to Clipboard!
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_Rinku_ 09/10/19 2:33:03 PM #26: |
Evening_Dragon posted...
John_Galt posted...Dunsworthy posted...Perhaps I just dont understand the American school system, but can people not just pack their kids a lunch instead. Seems like if you cant afford school provided lunches you should probably do that. School lunch is also often the only hot meal some kids have each day if not their only meal. It's just cruel to deny a child that. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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brestugo 09/10/19 2:33:39 PM #27: |
His grandmother is speaking out.
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thanosibe 09/10/19 2:33:51 PM #28: |
That's crazy. Back when my youngest went to grade school he'd always take a sack lunch. His brother, in middle school at the time, always at the school lunch. I remember getting a call from the school administration that my son's lunch account was minus fifty some dollars. Come to find out, I forgot to renew the payment information on the school's website when my bank card expired. And they let it get that far in the whole before they called. $9.75 is just the height of stupidity.
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_IceSikle 09/10/19 2:38:20 PM #29: |
S/O is a cafeteria manager at a local elementary, it's actually pathetic how poorly the school is run overall, let alone the cafeteria. Can't feed kids a proper meal but we got money for the wall!
Garbage government. --- I don't think I can do that, sorry. That's weird. I can't. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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TheKingOf-Kings 09/10/19 2:44:18 PM #30: |
John_Galt posted...
Malfunction posted...John_Galt posted...Dunsworthy posted...Perhaps I just dont understand the American school system, but can people not just pack their kids a lunch instead. Seems like if you cant afford school provided lunches you should probably do that. Look at that deflection. He fucking burned you man hahahahahahaha --- I AM CHAMPION CHRISTMAS! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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nemu 09/10/19 2:49:33 PM #31: |
Its a pretty shitty catch 22 because the children shouldnt be punished for something thats out of their control, but you also dont want to create a system where people know they can get away with it.
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Dunsworthy 09/10/19 2:50:47 PM #32: |
Evening_Dragon posted...
If they can't afford the (presumably) reduced weekly/monthly cost of school lunch, what makes you think they can afford coldcuts and bread for the week?It's just a weird concept for me, with there constantly being stories of school lunch problems in the U.S. My elementary school never had a cafeteria even offered. And my kids school doesn't have one either, they just offer a bagged lunch if any kids didnt bring one, but the parents are supposed to be charged everytime they use it, although I'm not sure how much they actually go after the money. They seem pretty lax about it. Guess I need to check my Canadian priviledge. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Awakened_Link 09/10/19 3:05:16 PM #33: |
Ah, I remember getting the soggy PB&J's for school lunch when I had an overdue balance. Shit sucks. I just wouldn't eat.
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brestugo 09/10/19 9:19:33 PM #34: |
Isn't $9.75 like 2 or 3 lunches? Awful short leash by the school.
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Wewillrocku 09/10/19 9:20:02 PM #35: |
not a hot lunch!!
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fohstick 09/10/19 9:20:38 PM #36: |
fair next
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ultimate reaver 09/10/19 9:20:43 PM #37: |
it happened with me if i got to -$20. my family was pretty bad off in middle school and high school
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kingdrake2 09/10/19 9:25:03 PM #38: |
brestugo posted...
Isn't $9.75 like 2 or 3 lunches? Awful short leash by the school. about 3. maybe 2 if it's higher. family has to make poverty level income to qualify for lunch assistance for either reduced or free. if they couldn't afford they just needed to fill an application. --- The act of treachery is an art, but the traitor himself is a piece of **** - Mike Tyson ... Copied to Clipboard!
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mattnd2007 09/10/19 9:27:19 PM #39: |
I can understand if the account was like 50 in the negative or something. But less than 10 bucks? That's pretty terrible
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Sackgurl 09/10/19 9:29:13 PM #40: |
brestugo posted...
Isn't $9.75 like 2 or 3 lunches? Awful short leash by the school. the cap was 15 according to the video which is 2 meals yes if it were an adult i'd say sure whatever but it's not an adult it's an impressionable child --- LittleBigPlanet is like merging dress-up with a real game. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Webmaster4531 09/10/19 10:14:19 PM #41: |
kingdrake2 posted...
brestugo posted...Isn't $9.75 like 2 or 3 lunches? Awful short leash by the school. So what's poverty level in Ohio? Anecdotally it always seems the criteria is archaic and doesn't actually represent poverty. --- Ad Hominem. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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rexcrk 09/10/19 10:19:05 PM #42: |
Malfunction posted...
John_Galt posted...Dunsworthy posted...Perhaps I just dont understand the American school system, but can people not just pack their kids a lunch instead. Seems like if you cant afford school provided lunches you should probably do that. What is this I dont even... --- These pretzels are making me thirsty! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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kingdrake2 09/10/19 10:21:41 PM #43: |
20k for a family of three (oregon)
26k ohio. --- The act of treachery is an art, but the traitor himself is a piece of **** - Mike Tyson ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Cleo_II 09/10/19 10:23:12 PM #44: |
Do parents not make their kids lunch anymore?
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EverDownward 09/10/19 10:24:20 PM #45: |
if i recall correctly, i always got a few bucks each day to get my meal. i think it was three dollars? i, fortunately, never really had an issue.
i do recall, however, one time my senior year i actually saved up my lunch money for like an entire month and didn't tell my dad so that i had the money to pick up the new silent hill game that had just come out. --- "Tried to point my finger, but the wind was blowing me around in circles, circles." ... Copied to Clipboard!
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hockeybub89 09/10/19 11:02:35 PM #46: |
Cleo_II posted...
Do parents not make their kids lunch anymore? I graduated from high school in 2007 and I never packed a lunch all 4 years. I probably ate one like 3 times a week before then. --- ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Questionmarktarius 09/10/19 11:05:28 PM #48: |
IShall_Run_Amok posted...
[LFAQs-redacted-quote] If the kid was actually poor, he wouldn't be paying for school lunch anyway. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Unsugarized_Foo 09/10/19 11:07:54 PM #49: |
I remember this happening to me at lunch but I didn't really care
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Lonestar2000 09/10/19 11:08:22 PM #50: |
And yet we waste billions on the military.
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