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8fl0z
reply to post by Liquesence
this is old news, this has happened to my peers and i since elementary school, if you cant pay for the regular slop, you got a sunbutter sandwich on stale white bread, and a milk.
typical stuff really.
i guess you yuppie types aint too used to the reality of capitalism.
nixie_nox
SecretWeapon
And big government saves the day again.
Hooray!!!!!!!!!!!
< end sarcasm>edit on 30-1-2014 by SecretWeapon because: (no reason given)edit on 30-1-2014 by SecretWeapon because: (no reason given)
Wow, conspiracy theorists get dumber by the day.
Schools are county or state, which are local governments.
Liquesence
ScientiaFortisDefendit
I suspect this is more indoctrination policy being implemented. Obey. Follow the rules. Pay your bills or else.
Can't be having independent thinkers roaming around the US all out of control.
Normally I'd agree, but this was not school admin making the decision, apparently, but cafeteria workers (unless they were told to by the admin). Plus, these are elementary school kids and probably have little understanding of the concept of debt. It's simple humiliation.
Of course, an argument could be made that indoctrination must start at an early age...
bluesman1955
8fl0z
reply to post by Liquesence
this is old news, this has happened to my peers and i since elementary school, if you cant pay for the regular slop, you got a sunbutter sandwich on stale white bread, and a milk.
typical stuff really.
i guess you yuppie types aint too used to the reality of capitalism.
Can't have White Bread has to be Wheat.
Thanks to Michelle Dbummer.
I know because I Work there.
The Vagabond
reply to post by sdcigarpig
What you are missing is that the government has ordered children to be submitted to government custody, and then sold the responsibility of providing food on a for profit basis. It's not as simple as parents failing to provide for their children- it's about parents and children being forced into expensive and sometimes complicated programs because it's more profitable for a third party. It's almost a hostage situation as I remember my experience in school and that of my younger siblings.
I've seen schools prevent bringing lunch from home with overzealous rules against food in class, I've seen them stop accepting cash in the lunch line, and I've seen places where 3 dollars will get you lettuce, a thin slice of ham and cheese, almost rotten tomato and stale bread, and nothing to drink- the result of that was that everyone on campus opted for the 5 dollar pizza cart if they could afford it and the rest just ate a bag of chips.
If the government is going to claim authority and responsibility in the lives of these children that comes with a responsibility, not with an exploitable monopoly that can be enforced by hunger and humiliation.
Meldionne1
40 kids having lunch taken away equals a lot of uncaring parents. The parents have a role in this too...they should have taken care of their kid and paid their bill. ...I blame the parents.
Expenditures
Question:
How much money does the United States spend on public elementary and secondary schools?
Response:
Total expenditures for public elementary and secondary schools in the United States amounted to $638 billion in 2009-10, or about $12,743 per public school student. These expenditures include $11,184 per student in current expenditures for operation of schools; $1,182 for capital outlay (i.e., expenditures for property and for buildings and alterations completed by school district staff or contractors); and $376 for interest on school debt. Expenditures are reported in constant 2011-12 dollars, based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI).
jimmyx
Meldionne1
40 kids having lunch taken away equals a lot of uncaring parents. The parents have a role in this too...they should have taken care of their kid and paid their bill. ...I blame the parents.
my feelings exactly...where are the parents in all of this? ...were notices sent to them?...did admin know about it?....were the actual lunch workers instructed to do this?
Lukes said she was never notified about an outstanding balance and later called a school cafeteria worker who said her 11-year-old daughter's account wasn't overdue and a mistake had been made when her meal was taken.
I cannot fathom how anyone could be so cruel as to take food from a child only to trash it.
jacygirl
I have a question.
Exactly how many adults witnessed this?
People really need to stand up for others, especially children.
If I had been there I would have whipped out my wallet and paid for all those kids, and then turned on the adults who were going along with this disgusting situation. (Trust me, I'm pretty poor these days, but there is always someone worse off...and yeah, I would give my last dollars to feed kids AND shame the adults!!!)
How pathetic does it have to get, before someone is provoked into standing up and screaming "This is not right!!"...?
I know, I know....people are afraid to lose their jobs. Well I personally have been prepared to lose my job in the past, by standing up for someone (they didn't fire me). I would rather go hungry than go home knowing that I had an opportunity to help someone and CHOSE not to.
jacygirl