Slightly Sarcastic

I think the lunch ladies totally deserve crabs. If our school district can extend credit to my 7 year old, a middle schooler totally deserves it. That sounds ridiculous.

Sounds like the cafeteria Bitch is also a complete ass. We should kidnap her and lock her up for awhile and see how she likes not eating.LOL. You should definitely make a complaint.

Oh that is absolutely ridiculous! And of course the school was closed too. I would have went straight into that office when I dropped my kid of the next morning. My daughter charges lunches all the time – she’ll charge a whole week’s worth because I’m so forgetful.

I can’t believe they made him sit there with the other kids and not eat lunch. That’s just plain child abuse if you ask me.

Oh, you know what – it might be b/c it’s the end of the year. I know the last school my daughter went to sent something home saying they couldn’t charge the last 2 weeks of school – but that’s no excuse. That should be againt school policy or something – get in touch with the school board.

Ok… I’m going to calm down now.

I’m getting angry just reading about it. They couldn’t just let him eat and write you a note? Or do they need a computer to do it for them? That’s B.S.

Anne – They always do extend credit until that day, I don’t know if the cashier was a moron or was just an evil lunch lady. Sometimes it seems like they enjoy being mean to the kids.

Russ – I’ll meet you in front of the school at 6 am, I’ll bring the ropes.

Momma Drama – I thought about the end of the year thing too, but I don’t care what it is – not allowing him to eat was just wrong. I did manage to get the people at Child Nutrition Services, which is the State office in charge of all of the school cafeterias, pretty fired up. the supervisor from CNS called yesterday afternoon wanting to find out exactly who it was who made him leave his tray, while apologizing profusely. I was BITCHING – but in a respectful way – my main point in all of this is for them to set up some kind of system so the parents have a way of knowing what the balance is in their kids accounts. It seems so obvious and simple to me – set up a computer program so parents can log in and see how much money they have in their account. Thanks for your comments it made me feel so much better.

Glenna – I think they are just mean.

Somebody’s gonna get in trouble …nah,nah,na nah, nah! Good-o for the supervisor. Hope heads roll not just eyes!

What? That’s CRAZY. I don’t understand WHY the school didn’t just FEED him and debit your account. What the hell. They really need a better system. How are kids supposed to focus and learn when/if they are starving. That’s nuts.

Wow, have him come to OUR school. They let the HS kids go under over 50 bucks!!! I pack lunches every day, he eats the lunch and then he buys MORE food…. and I get a huge bill. ACK!

I am so sorry they didn’t cover him. My friend worked in the cafeteria at our elem/middle school and she always hooked my kids up if I forgot to pack money or lunch, and I always paid her the next day. That just stinks!

This is B.S. Everyone knows a child needs nutrition to think properly in their classes. Totally inexcusable. Poor kid. I bet he ate a big dinner then.

We’ve had that very same thing happen, too many times to count. The school is supposed to provide a cheese sandwich in the event that the child is out of money in their account. They usually let them go in the hole about $3. Which is two lunches. Our school system takes Paypal but it takes up to a week for the transaction to process. What I find incredibly ironic is that they provide free breakfast to any kid that needs it provided they get there early enough to eat. They don’t provide a free lunch unless you can prove that you are below the poverty level. I hate our public school system. Just this week I have shelled out $10 for field trips, $30 for the lunch account, $30 for two books because they no longer provide the books in the senior high school. I have no idea what my taxes pay for anymore. Certainly not a safe environment since I get a call monthly telling me that another child has brought a weapon to school.

Grace – You and me both

meleah rebeccah – The poor kid was starving.

Katherine – I think that would piss me off too. My other kids have another screwed up system – you have to split the account up into three groups, breakfast, a la cart and lunch – you have to keep each one filled. If you have a million dollars in breakfast and none in lunch they won’t let you eat lunch – they’re idiots.

Kathy – He ate for 6 hours straight.

Jen – That sounds just like us here. $30 for a field trip for the 5th grader. $30 for lunches a piece ($90 total) and you just KNOW that most of the kids in the school system are eating for free. But unless you have been raised to manipulate the system you do everything you can to pay for stuff even when you can barely afford it. It just kills me seeing some of these kids with the ipods and $150 shoes eating free food.

Yeah, I think that Momma Drama is right. We just got a note home yesterday that they would no longer let kids charge to negative balances through the end of the school year. Stupid, yes, but that’s probably what’s going on.
Though that’s no excuse for letting a kid go hungry. At the very least, the lunch lady could have been a little more kind about it. Sheesh.

I know these things sometimes happen. At my middle school, they gave us PB&Js when our accounts were empty. Even letting a slightly negative (around $5 maybe) balance go would be okay.

The lunch system is much better now. When my little sister’s account is low, the school district sends an automated call home which is so helpful.

Christy – I just want them to let me know when the lunch account is low. Send something home, give me a website to check – They can settle their books after school is over.

Cole – I wish they’d do the phone call thing – they send automated phone calls out for everything else.

I do not personally think that I am qualified as a teacher but the more I hear these stories I would want to just home school my children but since I have trouble with words more than two syllables long I will just leave it to the “professionals” for now. Actually, because of the work I do I have lived overseas for the last several years. I am currently living and working in the Philippines. Since I and my wife are Filipino we all fit right in. We lived in Hawaii previous to here and I was actually dreading my kids going to high school in Hawaii. Since being in the Philippines though they have been going to a private school. I feel much better about the quality of their education, I do not worry about drugs and gang violence or abusive teachers because here a paying parent has some clout. No cafeteria meals here though which is fine by me because at least I have no expectation of a meal being provided and then being withheld by some idiot with a ladle. Take care ;o) (p.s. thanks for the visit and the comment as well. pet your ewok for me.)

I’d be pissed if that was my kid. Totally send the elephant poop to the lunch lady.

I don’t blame you! How can a school/lunch lady let any child go hungry? I’d totally be pissed off too. And revenge? A dish best served cold – hypothetically speaking of course. Peace.