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Pennsylvania School District Warns Parents They Could Lose Kids Over Unpaid School Lunches

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Pennsylvania School District Warns Parents They Could Lose Kids Over Unpaid School Lunches – CBS Philly

A Pennsylvania school district is warning that children could end up in foster care if their parents do not pay overdue school lunch bills. The letters sent recently to about 1,000 parents in Wyoming Valley West School District have led to complaints from parents and a stern rebuke from Luzerne County child welfare authorities.
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If I was a parent I'd be pretty pissed about this ridiculousness. I know people owe money but threatening them like this is bound to create an uproar.

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It still blows my mind that there is such a thing as child lunch debt in 21st century America.
 
Mr. Invisible said:
Pennsylvania School District Warns Parents They Could Lose Kids Over Unpaid School Lunches – CBS Philly



If I was a parent I'd be pretty pissed about this ridiculousness. I know people owe money but threatening them like this is bound to create an uproar.

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When I saw "Philly" I was thinking this may be a minority school district, which would garner more press and there would be an onus on the school district to just let the outstanding debt go.

However, the high school is 93% white, so there will be no suggestions of unfairly charging the students. The argument will rest solely on the threat of parents losing their kids.

Under no circumstances will anyone suggest the students get a free ride.
 
Napoleon said:
It still blows my mind that there is such a thing as child lunch debt in 21st century America.
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It blows my mind that parents don't understand the role played by money in financial transactions.
 
....letters sent recently to about 1,000 parents......trying to collect more than $20,000...
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Lock them away, for about 20 dollars each ? Oh, its Pennsylvania :roll:

.....The "kids for cash" scandal centered on judicial kickbacks to two judges at the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.[1] In 2008, judges Michael Conahan and Mark Ciavarella were accused of accepting money in return for imposing harsh adjudications on juveniles to increase occupancy at for-profit detention centers.[2]

Ciavarella disposed thousands of children to extended stays in youth centers for offenses as trivial as mocking an assistant principal on Myspace or trespassing in a vacant building.[3] After a judge rejected an initial plea agreement in 2009,[4][5] a federal grand jury returned a 48-count indictment.[6] In 2010, Conahan pleaded guilty to one count of racketeering conspiracy and was sentenced to 17.5 years in federal prison.[7] Ciavarella opted to go to trial the following year. He was convicted on 12 of 39 counts and sentenced to 28 years in federal prison.[8].......

Kids for cash scandal - Wikipedia
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Rickeroo said:
When I saw "Philly" I was thinking this may be a minority school district, which would garner more press and there would be an onus on the school district to just let the outstanding debt go.

However, the high school is 93% white, so there will be no suggestions of unfairly charging the students. The argument will rest solely on the threat of parents losing their kids.

Under no circumstances will anyone suggest the students get a free ride.
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I love this post. It is marvelous in its lack of self awareness but it made me laugh.

You were wrong about all your assumptions in your first paragraph. But you never let that deter you from making further specious assumptions in your second paragraph.(For the record I'm pretty sure most liberals would argue lunch should be free to all students and that the cost should be calculated into the cost of public education itself and shouldn't be taken out of pockets from parents. I'd also go further and say breakfast should also be provided and free as well. Also I've never seen this policy pushed by liberals along racial lines. So I'm not sure why you'd think we'd be okay with threatening to take kids away from poor white people. In fact you were the first one to inquire about the race of the kids. That's an obvious bit of projection.)And your last sentence, if anyone did suggest that, as I did, what would be your response? You spent all that time imagining, incorrectly, everyone else's argument and no time stating your own. Should the kids be taken if the parents don't pay? Should it matter what color they are?
 
Napoleon said:
It still blows my mind that there is such a thing as child lunch debt in 21st century America.
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It blows my mind that parents can't be troubled with feeding their children.

Aside from that, it's mind numbing to think the School District can buy children for $450.
 
ocean515 said:
It blows my mind that parents can't be troubled with feeding their children.

Aside from that, it's mind numbing to think the School District can buy children for $450.
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The food in those cafeterias is bought and paid for with their parents’ tax dollars. The idea that their children have to pay for it again or else incur a financial debt is the mind number.
 
It doesn't seem like most people commenting so far have even read the linked article....
 
Napoleon said:
The food in those cafeterias is bought and paid for with their parents’ tax dollars.The idea that their children have to pay for it again or else incur a financial debt is the mind number.
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Now there's a novel idea... do away with cooks, the ovens, the stoves, the dishwashers, the trays, the cashiers, and the custodians and just throw down some boxes of raw, uncooked food and say "have at it"!
 
Won't happen, we can't legally punish children for their parents debt.
 
ocean515 said:
It blows my mind that parents can't be troubled with feeding their children.
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It's called living in poverty. It affects everything, from being able to provide good shelter, to being able to properly feed your children.

From wikipedia: 22% of all people under the age of 18 live in poverty.

From Bureau of Labor Statistics:

A profile of the working poor, 2016. In 2016, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, about 40.6 million people, or 12.7 percent of the nation's population, lived below the poverty level.
 
apdst said:
Family seperation. I wonder if the bitch squad will lose their **** over this.
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I love how those women trigger you so much that you had to bring them in here. :lamo
 
Stealers Wheel said:
"You owe us money, so pay up or we'll take your kids away from you!"

I wonder why the IRS hasn't caught on to this idea yet?
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To be fair, sending them to prison separates them from their children. :lol:
 
Since state law REQUIRES parents turn their children over to the government under compulsory school attendance laws - and since it is "free" public education - the schools should be required to feed the children the government forcibly took control of free lunch. Nor it is optional for the kids to be stuck in school or not. Truancy is illegal for both parent and child.

All other prisons have to serve free lunch. Therefore, so should public schools.
 
The article makes a statement that this may be a "protest" against the school by not paying. Interesting.

For those who balk at these programs and make statements about parents not being able to pay for their kid's lunches and claim it boggles their minds...get used to this happening more and more in states with strict, anti-abortion laws. You want people to be pro-life and have the kid when in fact you are really just pro-birth. Being pro-life means helping the parent or parents raise the child if they need it. It goes beyond just making sure the child is born. Pro-life means, as a community, we help to raise the child to be healthy and a contributing person to society..to help them make better choices.

But, that is not what happens. The pro-birth crowd prefers to complain about the money in their wallets, slut shame mothers, and ridicule them for having sex...as if they themselves NEVER tried to have sex before marriage and were perfect angels and above reproach. And all the while demand that child be born...into a situation of poor education, poor nutrition and limited choices and opportunities to make themselves better.

Am I saying that abortion is the answer? Absolutely not. I AM saying that I don't mind my tax dollars being used to help a kid get a good and solid chance at being a good and productive American with good values. If you demand the child to be born, then you are obligated to help it in life until they are able to strike out on their own, properly prepared.
 
Napoleon said:
The food in those cafeterias is bought and paid for with their parents’ tax dollars. The idea that their children have to pay for it again or else incur a financial debt is the mind number.
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If a parent can't scape up $450 to feed their child, I don't think they are contributing much in terms of tax dollars.
 
JustHanging said:
It's called living in poverty. It affects everything, from being able to provide good shelter, to being able to properly feed your children.

From wikipedia: 22% of all people under the age of 18 live in poverty.

From Bureau of Labor Statistics:

A profile of the working poor, 2016. In 2016, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, about 40.6 million people, or 12.7 percent of the nation's population, lived below the poverty level.
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It's called living in poverty? Spare me.

It's absurd to think a parent can't find $2 a day to feed the child they brought into the world. Don't try to sell me on such nonsense.
 
Wtf??

Todd Carmichael, co-founder and CEO of Philadelphia-based la Colombe coffee, offered to give Wyoming Valley West school district $22,000 to cover the bills that led to the warning letter, Carmichael spokesperson Aren Platt told CBS news Tuesday.

But according to Platt, school board president Joseph Mazur rejected the offer during a phone conversation Monday. Platt said Mazur said the parents who owe the money can afford to pay it, and it should not be covered by Carmichael.

"I said, irrespective of ability to pay we want to cover it," Platt said. "he said no and hung up."

School district refuses CEO's offer to pay off lunch debt
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ocean515 said:
It's called living in poverty? Spare me.

It's absurd to think a parent can't find $2 a day to feed the child they brought into the world. Don't try to sell me on such nonsense.
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$2 will buy three healthy meals? Are you sure, I know food is subsidized in the USA, but that sounds ridiculously cheap.
 
BWG said:
Wtf??
Todd Carmichael, co-founder and CEO of Philadelphia-based la Colombe coffee, offered to give Wyoming Valley West school district $22,000 to cover the bills that led to the warning letter, Carmichael spokesperson Aren Platt told CBS news Tuesday.

But according to Platt, school board president Joseph Mazur rejected the offer during a phone conversation Monday. Platt said Mazur said the parents who owe the money can afford to pay it, and it should not be covered by Carmichael.

"I said, irrespective of ability to pay we want to cover it," Platt said. "he said no and hung up."
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School district refuses CEO's offer to pay off lunch debt
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I'll second that WTF! W...T...F!?!????

As @Cardinal has suggested, policies are being implemented in the USA with the explicit intent of causing pain and suffering.

That's what has become of the USA. How terribly terribly sad.
 
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