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NO free lunch.

Steve

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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...



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..
 

Mike

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Conundrum. But if the lunches are anywhere as bad as they are in the schools here, they're better off bringing their lunch.
 

hypocritexposer

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They probably threw out some perfectly good left over roast beef at home, because they aren't allowed to send their kids to school with lunch.

Is it any wonder that 50% of all food in the United States get tossed?
 

Steve

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Mike said:
Conundrum. But if the lunches are anywhere as bad as they are in the schools here, they're better off bringing their lunch.

these days most kids are forced to eat school lunches or go without. .. and not allowed to bring in their own..

it is crap like that that makes my blood boil when liberals say they need more money to feed the children.. :mad:

they need just a little common sense.. not much.. just enough to not show what hypocrites they really are..
 

iwannabeacowboy

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Just thought I'd share since it is on a similar note. Signed one of my girls up for pre-k this week. It is a private, hate mongering, right wing extremist, church school and it is going to run me $150 a month for 1/2 day Aug through May. I wonder how many public schools are educating kids for that?

If she stays over, they'll keep her and feed her for another $10 the rest of the day, if I ever need them to. And its less than that if I just signed up for it everyday. I guess I should see if they're going to feed her if I run a day over paying the bill.

Too bad the school doesn't get enough state, federal and local funding to cover the costs of education and to feed a few hungry kids.

If only there was an idea where parents could get a voucher for the cost the local school system would spend and have an option to choose to send the kid to a school where the funds might get spent frugal and wisely.... if only...
 

ranch hand

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http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/01/03/usda-allows-more-meat-grains-in-school-lunches/

Another failed policy of the Obama dictatorship
 

Steve

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ranch hand said:
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/01/03/usda-allows-more-meat-grains-in-school-lunches/

Another failed policy of the Obama dictatorship

just another unintended consequence of near sighted liberal policy..

Poor ol Mochelle must be beside her self with anger over this one..
 
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