School Cafeteria Worker Fired For Feeding Needy Student (then re-hired after news report!)

Update: Dianne Brame has been rehired by Chartwell’s School Dining Services following the huge response from this story.

WEBSTER GROVES, MO (KTVI) – A St. Louis County cafeteria worker is out of a job after giving away free meals to a child in need.

For two years, Dianne Brame worked as a cafeteria manager at Hudson Elementary in Webster Groves, keeping kids’ bellies full for their all-important task of learning.

The lunch lady loved her job: “I knew kids by their names, I knew their likes and dislikes, so it was just fun.”

But recently, she came across a fourth grader who consistently came without money. She says he used to be on the free lunch program, but language barriers got in the way of reapplying: “I sent them paperwork so that they could get back in contact with me, but it didn’t happen,” she says.

For days, Brame snuck the boy lunches. She explains, “I let his account get over $45 which I’m only supposed to let it get over $10, and I started letting him come through my lunch line without putting his number in, and they look at that as stealing. I thought it was just taking care of a kid.”

full: http://fox2now.com/2012/12/13/school-cafeteria-worker-fired-for-feeding-needy-student/

Well, I guess here's a happy story to see in this dark weekend.