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HOUSTON - In his 10 years as a mentor and tutor, a local man has always done his best to meet the needs of the students in his life. That's exactly what Kenny Thompson did Monday when he learned that some children at Valley Oaks Elementary School in Houston who had negative balances on their lunch accounts were receiving different lunches than the other kids, cold cheese sandwiches instead a full tray of food. He was spurred to take action after hearing last week that dozens of Utah students, whose accounts were delinquent, had their lunches taken and thrown away.
He not only inquired about it, Thompson learned that many of the kids were already on reduced lunch. Children whose parents couldn't afford the meals that cost just 40 cents a day. He took $465 of his own money and zeroed out the delinquent accounts of more than 60 kids.
benrl
reply to post by Logarock
He not only inquired about it, Thompson learned that many of the kids were already on reduced lunch. Children whose parents couldn't afford the meals that cost just 40 cents a day. He took $465 of his own money and zeroed out the delinquent accounts of more than 60 kids.
Clever little punks, man what could they being doing with that 40cents a day.
Whoa in a month that's like 12 dollars, hope those kids aren't spending their ill gotten gains in one place...
chiefsmom
reply to post by Logarock
In Elementary?
Because mine did the same thing, but it didn't start until 8th or 9th grade, when they were able to get somewhere else to spend it.
This man is amazing.
But it is a sad state of affairs we are in, when someone has to do this in the first place.
Pimpish
reply to post by Soloprotocol
The lunch bills were delinquent, not the children.