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re: People are upset with a school offering"alternative" meals to students

Posted on 1/8/16 at 6:25 am to
Posted by LSUfan20005
Member since Sep 2012
9121 posts
Posted on 1/8/16 at 6:25 am to
IMO, no veggies = improper lunch.
Posted by zmanthetigerfan
Prairieville, LA
Member since Oct 2015
889 posts
Posted on 1/8/16 at 6:33 am to
Ascension still does this. If you're not on free lunch and you don't have any money in your account they give you milk and a roll. I have no problems with it. These aren't free lunch program kids, these are people who just don't pay.

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Lunches are also like .50-.85 cents for student

Uh, maybe 15 years ago. They're $3.75-4.25 a meal now.
This post was edited on 1/8/16 at 6:37 am
Posted by Darth_Vader
A galaxy far, far away
Member since Dec 2011
71886 posts
Posted on 1/8/16 at 6:42 am to
Hell, my mom packed PB&J in my Star Wars lunch box for years. I still love them.
Posted by Nado Jenkins83
Land of the Free
Member since Nov 2012
64866 posts
Posted on 1/8/16 at 6:57 am to
Add some celery.
Posted by Grandioso
Driftwood, TX
Member since Dec 2015
1597 posts
Posted on 1/8/16 at 7:09 am to
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I think every child's lunch and breakfast should be free in school.
Posted by AubieALUMdvm
Member since Oct 2011
11713 posts
Posted on 1/8/16 at 7:17 am to
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I think every child's lunch and breakfast should be free in school.


Why?
Posted by SG_Geaux
Beautiful St George, LA
Member since Aug 2004
80324 posts
Posted on 1/8/16 at 7:19 am to
quote:

Hell, my mom packed PB&J in my Star Wars lunch box for years. I still love them.


Umm... Are you my brother?

My mom did the same. Star Wars lunch box with Xwing fighter on the front.
This post was edited on 1/8/16 at 7:21 am
Posted by Grandioso
Driftwood, TX
Member since Dec 2015
1597 posts
Posted on 1/8/16 at 7:28 am to
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Why?


Are you against kids...eating? Are you against kids having two meals a day when they are sometimes lucky to have one?
Posted by AubieALUMdvm
Member since Oct 2011
11713 posts
Posted on 1/8/16 at 7:40 am to
That isn't an acceptable answer.

Why should they be free for every student?
Posted by fatboydave
Fat boy land
Member since Aug 2004
17979 posts
Posted on 1/8/16 at 7:52 am to
I would have paid extra for the PBJ sammich when I was a kid instead of the slop we were served.
Posted by The Sad Banana
The gate is narrow.
Member since Jul 2008
89507 posts
Posted on 1/8/16 at 7:57 am to
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Hell sometimes PB&J is better than some of the crap they serve kids in those cafeterias
Amen.
Posted by Breesus
House of the Rising Sun
Member since Jan 2010
69431 posts
Posted on 1/8/16 at 8:07 am to
quote:

'm sure the school district has the funds available to pay for the lunches.


Oh good. Someone with your dumbass line of thinking showed up.

The school district has tons of hoarded away money. They choose to keep places in disrepair, not fund programs, etc... They just want to hoard their money
Posted by tigerfoot
Alexandria
Member since Sep 2006
60594 posts
Posted on 1/8/16 at 8:09 am to
So they prepare your lunch, throw that away and make you a sandwich. Extra ingredient and labor cost prob doubling the costs to prove a stupid point.

Just don't feed the kid or secure a deposit of 100 bucks,

Also could partner w local food bank to find a solution.

Our educators are all about the drama
Posted by ManBearTiger
BRLA
Member since Jun 2007
22304 posts
Posted on 1/8/16 at 8:16 am to
Easy fix, just don't give the deadbeats any food. The kids can thank their parents.
Posted by UpToPar
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2008
22808 posts
Posted on 1/8/16 at 8:22 am to
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But why should any public school student be required to pay for a lunch? Shouldn't taxes cover that? It's not like they can leave and go somewhere else. They have to go to that cafeteria.


frick it. Why make them pay for anything. The school should pay for their school supplies and school uniforms as well. Hell, pay for their book bags.
Posted by purpleleaf
Member since Aug 2011
4004 posts
Posted on 1/8/16 at 8:41 am to
Feed them fish heads.
Posted by LouisianaLady
Member since Mar 2009
82656 posts
Posted on 1/8/16 at 8:48 am to
You'd be surprised how much of a fricked up system school lunches are.
Posted by LouisianaLady
Member since Mar 2009
82656 posts
Posted on 1/8/16 at 8:51 am to
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Are you against kids...eating? Are you against kids having two meals a day when they are sometimes lucky to have one?



Any kid whose family can't afford to feed them is on free/reduced lunch as it is. This doesn't even apply to them. This is about parents who aren't paying that have verified they can afford it.
Posted by zmanthetigerfan
Prairieville, LA
Member since Oct 2015
889 posts
Posted on 1/8/16 at 8:55 am to
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secure a deposit of 100 bucks

You very obviously have no idea how school lunches work. This "alternative" lunch is for students who have already used up this "deposit" and have a zero account balance. Most schools even let you float into the negative by up to $20 before they do this. This is literally nothing new.
Posted by mss1616
Denham Springs
Member since Feb 2007
483 posts
Posted on 1/8/16 at 8:58 am to
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Any kid whose family can't afford to feed them is on free/reduced lunch as it is. This doesn't even apply to them. This is about parents who aren't paying that have verified they can afford it.


This is the exact answer I was about to give. Parents should be responsible and understand that their kids are their responsibility and the effects that has on their kids!
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