New Jersey children who fall $3.10 behind on lunch payments get one hard-boiled egg, crackers and milk for lunch -
At the Tewksbury school district in New Jersey, children who fall $3.10 behind on their food payments get one hard-boiled egg, a package of crackers and a carton of milk for lunch.
The Tewksbury district consists of two schools, one for grades K-4 and one for grades 5-8. Lunches at the school cost $2.40 per day. That means children are only allowed to fall one day behind in their lunch payments before getting stuck with the egg special.
The lunches at Tewksbury, like most in schools across the nation, are subsidized by the federal government.
Frankly, we’re confused. We thought the feds provide low-cost school lunches because many children come from impoverished homes where the food budget is tight, or from homes where meals are not prepared on a regular basis. The government wants to make sure every kid receives proper nutrition and the dignity that comes with eating a full lunch with classmates.
But at Tewksbury, kids who fall a day behind in their payments are left to gnaw on hard-boiled eggs while their friends eat the full serving on the menu.
Apparently school officials are willing to humiliate children into coughing up three dollars and ten cents.
We were unable to determine how many children, if any, have been affected by the new policy at this point.
Tanya Bischoff, the mother of three children in the Tewksbury district, said she asked a group of students at a soccer match this week if they knew of any students who had been affected.
Several kids told her that a fifth-grade boy had been reduced to eating the miniscule lunch, and all of his classmates knew about it.
“It’s a huge humiliation for a kid,” said Bischoff, who said she was stunned when she learned about the new policy. “That something that will probably stick with him the rest of his life.”
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http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/09/29/A-3-debt-in-Tewksbury-New-Jersey-schools-gets-you-one-hard-boiled-egg-and-crackers-for-lunch
At the Tewksbury school district in New Jersey, children who fall $3.10 behind on their food payments get one hard-boiled egg, a package of crackers and a carton of milk for lunch.
The Tewksbury district consists of two schools, one for grades K-4 and one for grades 5-8. Lunches at the school cost $2.40 per day. That means children are only allowed to fall one day behind in their lunch payments before getting stuck with the egg special.
The lunches at Tewksbury, like most in schools across the nation, are subsidized by the federal government.
Frankly, we’re confused. We thought the feds provide low-cost school lunches because many children come from impoverished homes where the food budget is tight, or from homes where meals are not prepared on a regular basis. The government wants to make sure every kid receives proper nutrition and the dignity that comes with eating a full lunch with classmates.
But at Tewksbury, kids who fall a day behind in their payments are left to gnaw on hard-boiled eggs while their friends eat the full serving on the menu.
Apparently school officials are willing to humiliate children into coughing up three dollars and ten cents.
We were unable to determine how many children, if any, have been affected by the new policy at this point.
Tanya Bischoff, the mother of three children in the Tewksbury district, said she asked a group of students at a soccer match this week if they knew of any students who had been affected.
Several kids told her that a fifth-grade boy had been reduced to eating the miniscule lunch, and all of his classmates knew about it.
“It’s a huge humiliation for a kid,” said Bischoff, who said she was stunned when she learned about the new policy. “That something that will probably stick with him the rest of his life.”
Read more -
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/09/29/A-3-debt-in-Tewksbury-New-Jersey-schools-gets-you-one-hard-boiled-egg-and-crackers-for-lunch
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