ClydeR
04-04-2013, 03:59 PM
As many as 25 students at Coelho Middle School were denied meals or told to throw their lunches away Tuesday because they could not pay or their pre-paid accounts did not contain enough money, school officials said today.
Parents said some of the children cried after they were not allowed to eat or had to toss out their lunches.
School officials said an on-site employee from Whitson’s, the school system’s school lunch provider, apparently gave the order not to extend meals to students who could not pay or whose credit was already overextended.
More... (http://www.thesunchronicle.com/news/local_news/lunch-denied-to-some-attleboro-students/article_1baa66c8-9c85-11e2-a9a0-0019bb2963f4.html)
Instead of crying about it like little crybabies, they should have learned a valuable life lesson. There's no free lunch, and the government isn't going to bail you out. The real problem here is parents who do not pay their kids' way and then whine about the school declining to take over their parental responsibilities.
Parents said some of the children cried after they were not allowed to eat or had to toss out their lunches.
School officials said an on-site employee from Whitson’s, the school system’s school lunch provider, apparently gave the order not to extend meals to students who could not pay or whose credit was already overextended.
More... (http://www.thesunchronicle.com/news/local_news/lunch-denied-to-some-attleboro-students/article_1baa66c8-9c85-11e2-a9a0-0019bb2963f4.html)
Instead of crying about it like little crybabies, they should have learned a valuable life lesson. There's no free lunch, and the government isn't going to bail you out. The real problem here is parents who do not pay their kids' way and then whine about the school declining to take over their parental responsibilities.