An Ohio woman said her grandson’s lunch was"taken away" because of an outstanding cafeteria balance of $9 -- on what the boy said was his ninth birthday.
Julie McMahan, director of communications and community relations for Green Local Schools told ABC News that Jefferson was provided a lunch. Jefferson and his siblings are supposed to be enrolled in the free and reduced lunch program, Bailey told WEWS. "We are sensitive to the financial hardship families incur and challenges presented due to the cost of school breakfast and lunches. Our staff, in coordination with Family Support Specialists, will continue to work with families to ensure they have access to all available resources to assist with purchasing school meals," the note continued.
Why is any child penalized when they have absolutely no power to do anything about the money owed situation. Is it easier to bully a child than face a grownup?
cspamus1 We are the shithole nation.
Like I said, we have become a very sick nation.
Give Opie some G D food 4 Christ Sakes. Call the Ohio State Athletic Dept and have them Donate some $ to the School Prog. w/ all the $ they pay their BS Coach
Why on earth can’t someone spend ten minutes in the morning making this poor kid a packed lunch
Sad😥
A valuable lesson. This kid will be stronger when he grows up.
This needs to stop!
I bet a child molester sitting in prison got a lunch though... our priorities in this country are sadly misguided
This practice must stop !! The food that was taken away from this child no doubt ended up in the trash. Not only is that wasteful, it's barbaric to put a child through this. The child has no control over the situation and doesn't deserve to be punished for failure of adults.
Small fry !!
Lunch debt shouldn't exist.
Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?
Wake up America we dont do this to kids who are hungry.
Trumpland
School management should bill it at the end of class term, and not during. This harms pupils, and that's bad for school records for challenging kids younger than sixteen.
Here's a novel idea. Instead of mooching off the taxpayers. Hey granny why don't you pack a lunch for the kid to take to school.
Here you go free lunch time
sue them
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Shame on school policy...lady need to see a Doctor.
This is parental ineptitude. What parents don't have $9 for their kid's lunches?
Disgusting
Free cafeteria lunch is Socialism.
So we pay for illegals to come to this country, we house them, feed them, clothe them, given them free education and free healthcare but we take away the lunch from an American Boy because he has a balance of $9? Welcome to DemocraticSocialism KAG2020
This is wrong in so many ways. No child should have to go without food and then be humiliated.
YUP. WELCOME TO THE USA PUBLIC SCHOOLS .
That whole community wherever the child lives failed him badly, what a shame!
Schools giving credit? WTF?
That’s bullshit. I’m a staunch conservative and know socialism will ruin America. But we can feed every kid in public schools easy.
I thought SC only had idiots. An adult taking food away from a child, they are totally dependant on adults to take care of them and we have so many failures. Looks like there would be more intelligence there since it's a school. No wonder the usa is a disaster
who are these people that are working with children and yet not know how fragile their feelings are? Not one person thought to layout the lousy $9:00 to spare him the embarrassment? Whatever happened to compassion.
Imagine having cafeteria debt
What , & who pays for that school , of course That very Tax Payer.
$9 dollars? I’m sure pretty much grandma had that money to pay off the lunches
Reading so many idiotic comments! Read the dam article people, he got his lunch. 🤦🏻♀️
It wasn’t his fault!!!!!!!
Dear Senator Warren ewarren Do you have any form of a plan to feed students K-12? This is horrible
He’s lucky they didn’t put his ass in a cage
Future student loan debtor
Sorry but what is wrong with the parents you make a lunch for your child and they bring it to school to eat a lunch time.
This is infuriating. Feed the damn kids.
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How many more kids this had happened to them time to stop this crap
And Democrats want to give free stuff to the illegals
Once again, I read the comments and am worse off for it.
The lack of compassion among administrators charged with looking out for the well-being of children is disgusting.
I would be UNLEASHED if that was my kid...
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