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CALIFON, N.J. – It’s bad enough that school children across the nation are going hungry on the skimpy portions offered through the Michelle Obama lunch menu.
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....
Originally posted by DarthMuerte
What ever happened to making your lunch and taking it with you? It costs much less than $2.40/day to make a couple sandwiches with an apple or a banana and take it to school in the morning. Heck, you could add the hard boiled egg and crackers to the other stuff and still come in below the $2.40 mark. Plus, the kids would be eating more healthily. We did it when I was a kid. It won't hurt the current crop of kids.
Perhaps Vilsack and other nanny state politicians are already working on the next phase of their plan, which might include checking students’ homemade lunches.
In February, a North Carolina school made national headlines when it was revealed that a lunch inspector told a 4-year-old girl that her homemade turkey sandwich, banana, potato chips and apple juice were unhealthy and that she needed to eat a USDA-approved school lunch.
Fox News reported that when the girl returned home from school with her unopened lunch, it “contained a note from the school saying that her lunch didn’t meet the guidelines and a $1.25 bill for the replacement lunch.”
Obama School Lunch Standards: Spartan Rationing, Tossed Leftovers
Originally posted by xuenchen
N J School District Cuts Portions for Students $3 Behind on Lunch Payment
If your child's school lunch money balance gets behind just a little it looks like the penalty will be placed on the kids.
The Tewksbury school district in New Jersey apparently has allowed a contractor to severely limit lunch if the money balance falls to -$3.10 !!!!!
I wonder if this is normal throughout the country ?
I wonder who the maniacs are that allowed this boondoggle ?
CALIFON, N.J. – It’s bad enough that school children across the nation are going hungry on the skimpy portions offered through the Michelle Obama lunch menu.
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....
Here's a "Letter" from the contractor..... pdf
Maschio's Food Services, Inc.
The "Balance" terms are on page 2.
Notice also on page 4.....
Some moron bonehead mis-spelled "Gateraide"
Correct spelling is "Gatorade"
I guess it always comes down to money and envy and jealousy
Do Food Stamps cover school lunches ?
Originally posted by HUMBLEONE
Capitalism is suicide. It is morally bankrupt and soulless. It must end or it will kill us all. It will use up every tree, every molecule of clean breathable air and turn this planet into an uninhabital wasteland all for profit. All for greed. Get rid of it or it will kill each and every one of us. People before things not things before people.
Originally posted by neo96
Aint that great?
Students going hungry portions getting smaller, getting charged more, all the while those teachers make 75-100k a year!!!
Student's count?
Nope teachers salaries do.
Originally posted by wascurious
Originally posted by neo96
Aint that great?
Students going hungry portions getting smaller, getting charged more, all the while those teachers make 75-100k a year!!!
Student's count?
Nope teachers salaries do.
That is capitalism for you!
Originally posted by wascurious
Originally posted by neo96
Aint that great?
Students going hungry portions getting smaller, getting charged more, all the while those teachers make 75-100k a year!!!
Student's count?
Nope teachers salaries do.
That is capitalism for you!
Capitalism is suicide. It is morally bankrupt and soulless.