Non-Paying Students Given Courtesy Lunch
February 27, 2009 by Karen Weideman
Filed under financial matters
When my daughter started kindergarten this year, I received a list of breakfast and lunch prices. Along with the list was a note that stated if a child’s lunch bill went over a certain charged amount, they would receive an alternate lunch. I believe the alternate lunch was a peanut butter sandwich, fruit, and milk. Hmmm, makes sense. No sense in letting a child rack up a $200 lunch bill . . . or so I thought.
According to Yahoo! News, if students in Albuquerque, New Mexico can’t pay for their lunch they are given an alternative meal which includes a cheese sandwich, …read more
