It’s important for students to have access to a good lunch at school. Kids growing up need a healthy meal to get them through the long school day, and many kids from low-income families rely ...
Most students look forward to their lunch period. It can be a nice relaxing break from the stress of the school day. The cafeteria shouldn’t be a stressful place for students… but unfortunately, some kids ...
In the school district of Jupiter, Florida, about 400 students were in lunch debt, and were being denied their full meals until they paid what they owed to the cafeteria. The total debt over all ...
When Jefferson Sharpnack, from Green, Ohio, turned 9 last year, he was in school that afternoon, and was looking forward to a nice lunch on his big day. He had just moved to the district ...
So when the Warwick Public Schools in Rhode Island announced that students with outstanding debts would be limited to eating “sun butter and jelly” sandwiches, there was understandably some backlash and a very public outcry. The ...