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Mr.Bill

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34. Count that kid another

Reply to Laurian (Reply #27)

Thu Nov 7, 2013, 05:12 PM

Nov 2013

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Texas school tosses 6th grader’s breakfast in trash after he can’t pay 30 cents [View all] Playinghardball Nov 2013 OP

America. Fuck Yeah! nt onehandle Nov 2013 #1

He probably asked for "more" jberryhill Nov 2013 #2

…and telling him the day before was entirely out of the question, as that would require competence… Journeyman Nov 2013 #3

From the link. uppityperson Nov 2013 #16

And did the District send home the written notice they claim they send out?. . . Journeyman Nov 2013 #21

Texas. nt RandiFan1290 Nov 2013 #4

Fucking Texas leftynyc Nov 2013 #5

Here's the school's website in case someone wants to contact them... Playinghardball Nov 2013 #6

For a school incapable of keeping track of pennies, I suspect reading will be a major problem . . . Journeyman Nov 2013 #7

holy shit! @their menu foo_bar Nov 2013 #67

wow txliberal2016 Nov 2013 #8

Welcome to DU txliberal2016 Playinghardball Nov 2013 #20

Don't they have a PTA? The PTA at my son's elementary FSogol Nov 2013 #9

This is a great idea. Wait Wut Nov 2013 #10

Are you kidding me! Charity! joeybee12 Nov 2013 #14

Every kid at my title I k-8 school got a free lunch per district policy kmlisle Nov 2013 #41

Agreed. n/t FSogol Nov 2013 #42

My son's school, too. Also, they gave the kids dmr Nov 2013 #72

Republicon "Family Values" strike again. Berlum Nov 2013 #11

everything's a morality play with conservatives, and not the generous kind of morality phantom power Nov 2013 #12

+1 cyberswede Nov 2013 #17

. . . which occasionally, spasmodically craps out some beneficence . . . hatrack Nov 2013 #22

This district is just south of where I live - TBF Nov 2013 #13

Most schools in this area gives them... TxGrandpa Nov 2013 #36

LOL - TBF Nov 2013 #55

I fudged and.. TxGrandpa Nov 2013 #68

I had a similar situation when I was in school. Our school kept a ledger and you could borrow for Erose999 Nov 2013 #15

Wait............ MyOwnPeace Nov 2013 #29

Seriously. What a bad mom, didn't empty the high schooler's pockets. uppityperson Nov 2013 #40

I lost the tickets in the wash when I was in grade school. Grades 1-5. And we found them 10 Erose999 Nov 2013 #71

Fucking Assholes! SalviaBlue Nov 2013 #18

Stories like this make so angry I want to break things. cyberswede Nov 2013 #19

Ahhhhh, Texas......... Beacool Nov 2013 #23

I worked as a public school lunch cashier for many years…I can tell you that after 5th grade…. Tikki Nov 2013 #24

I'm willing to bet that if the cafeteria worker had given the kid food... eqfan592 Nov 2013 #25

You'd lose........ MyOwnPeace Nov 2013 #30

Sadly, you seem to be the exception these days..... but thank you nonetheless. nt eqfan592 Nov 2013 #64

most of these school cafeterias have been privatized (for profit). the cafeteria workers barely putitinD Nov 2013 #56

Exactly. I'll admit my first instinct was to rail on the cafeteria worker, but i checked that. eqfan592 Nov 2013 #65

When I was in High School, my mom worked MineralMan Nov 2013 #26

I think what's so sad now is that the cafeteria workers probably make little more than okaawhatever Nov 2013 #51

As bad as not receiving food is the humiliation that child Laurian Nov 2013 #27

Count that kid another Mr.Bill Nov 2013 #34

Go USA!!! Go USA!!! Go USA!!! Ain't America Great!!! n/t RKP5637 Nov 2013 #28

"We're #1"! LoisB Nov 2013 #46

Oh... ReRe Nov 2013 #50

Our school district has free breakfasts and lunches for EVERYBODY. hunter Nov 2013 #31

We send banks $85 billion a month to keep them from running out of money, and then do this? jtuck004 Nov 2013 #32

A school denying food to a hungry child is LibDemAlways Nov 2013 #33

Unless I'm mistaken, teachers in Texas also get to beat kids. They say that it is good for them, AnotherMcIntosh Nov 2013 #47

Another Brick in the Wall. nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2013 #35

How can you have any pudding if you can't pay 30 cents for your meat? KamaAina Nov 2013 #39

This is by no means the first story like this we've seen around here. Brigid Nov 2013 #37

hey assholes: you are there to serve those children noiretextatique Nov 2013 #38

Ugh hibbing Nov 2013 #43

This kind of crap MoreGOPoop Nov 2013 #44

It's not just heartless, it's stupid and financially, it's wasteful CreekDog Nov 2013 #45

Money. It is worth more than hunger, thirst, life, death. Rex Nov 2013 #48

every time I've ever seen something like this Always Randy Nov 2013 #49

You know... ReRe Nov 2013 #52

What a dick move. CFLDem Nov 2013 #53

Someone needs to be counseled. leanforward Nov 2013 #54

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2013 #57

welcome to DU gopiscrap Nov 2013 #58

"Texas" and "Jesus" have little in common except they have 5 letters in them. Historic NY Nov 2013 #59

That is just wrong Art_from_Ark Nov 2013 #60

Unfortunately, you can't fix stupid. NaturalHigh Nov 2013 #61

Forgetting the purpose of the lunch program? Or just shitting on a little kid? I say both. freshwest Nov 2013 #62

I hate to say this again Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2013 #63

They better hope the mayor of Toronto doesn't hear about this. Coyotl Nov 2013 #66

What a country! Enthusiast Nov 2013 #69

I have more than 30c in change on the floor of my car, and in the ashtray, and LeftinOH Nov 2013 #70

Kick dipsydoodle Nov 2013 #73