No one should get a free lunch.. everyone should pay and is not just throw their lunch away in front of them. .
did that came from some callous right-wing fascist ... doubtful...
well that is pretty heartless.. but at least they warned the parents..
oh.. no warning.. The school authorities really are that cold and heartless..
well looks like someone came to their senses.
ah ,.. the food was dumped.. if you can afford to prepare food and throw it away,.. you don't need more money.. more common sense,.. but not more money..
BTW the district gets federal nutritional assistance..
did that came from some callous right-wing fascist ... doubtful...
Lunches seized from kids in debt at Salt Lake City elementary
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School officials cite unpaid balances on students’ meal accounts.
Up to 40 kids at Uintah Elementary in Salt Lake City picked up their lunches Tuesday, then watched as the meals were taken and thrown away because of outstanding balances on their accounts — a move that shocked and angered parents.
Jason Olsen, a Salt Lake City District spokesman, said the district’s child-nutrition department became aware that Uintah had a large number of students who owed money for lunches.
As a result, the child-nutrition manager visited the school and decided to withhold lunches to deal with the issue, he said.
But cafeteria workers weren’t able to see which children owed money until they had already received lunches, Olsen explained.
The workers then took those lunches from the students and threw them away, he said, because once food is served to one student it can’t be served to another.
well that is pretty heartless.. but at least they warned the parents..
The district attempted to contact parents with balances via phone Monday and Tuesday, Olsen said, but weren’t able to reach them all before the child-nutrition manager decided to take away the students’ lunches.
oh.. no warning.. The school authorities really are that cold and heartless..
well looks like someone came to their senses.
Cafeteria manager placed on leave after Utah school lunch seizures
Payment-tracking setup required kids to check out, then return the food if there is no money.
While the district initially said the decision to take the lunches was made by a district-level child nutrition manager, spokesman Jason Olsen now says that is under investigation.
" I think it’s an abuse of power," he said. "This person came into a school and used her power to humiliate and embarrass children and I think we ought to draw a line and say that’s not acceptable behavior."
"We just plain need more money to feed our school children," he said. "There should not be a hungry child in this state."
Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2014/01/31/4788837/district-apologizes-after-taking.html#storylink=cpy
ah ,.. the food was dumped.. if you can afford to prepare food and throw it away,.. you don't need more money.. more common sense,.. but not more money..
BTW the district gets federal nutritional assistance..