A Rhode Island school district has been criticized after ruling that students who owe lunch money will only be given cold sandwiches until fees are paid.
Opponents of the district’s decision branded the move “lunch shaming,” arguing that children should not be punished or singled out for potential financial issues of their parents. Every public school in Rhode Island is mandated by state law to provide lunches to children in education. Under the National School Lunch Program, officials say they provide low-cost or free lunches to more than 72,000 children daily. Just under 70 percent of the lunches served in Rhode Island are served free or at a reduced price, according to the RI Department of Education.
One local business owner, Angelica Penta, attempted to donate thousands of dollars raised from the community to help pay for school lunches—but was allegedly turned away by officials. It said: “On a number of occasions, Warwick Public Schools has been approached by a local business owner who solicited funds from the community for the benefit of students that have not paid for their school lunches. Each time these offers were made, Warwick Public Schools stated the department was not in the position to single out or identify specific students that should be selected for a reduction in their…debt while excluding others.
Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)
Better than nothing
Shaming others should be ILLEGAL.................
WTF! It's not the kids fault. What is wrong with these people?
All lunches should be free and of good quality. All principals, superintendents and mayors should eat the same food served to children. See my progress on this issue at BPSLunchDate. Let’s do an interview 😇
Nasty peanut and jelly has been served for years to NC Students!!!😫😫😫
It is always wrong to punish children for their parents failings. But at least in RI the law requires children be given lunch. In other States perfectly good lunches are thrown in the garbage in front of a child who can't pay. This whole mentality is sickening.
when I was a kid we always had cold sandwiches for lunch... maybe some rich asshole should give back to the community by paying off the bill...
Punishment would have been No lunch at All!!!...
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