THEY ARE STARVING MY BABY

What school district are you in? They ought to know better than that, for Christs sake!!

Even my 17 year old gets to eat lunch if he doesn't have the money, between the time school begins and the time he's approved for reduced lunches, for Petes sake!!!! WOW, that is some crap!@!

I feel for ya, hon, and hope they smarten up.

I absolutely cannot BELIEVE they would not feed him!! Kids around here are given much smaller meals if they cannot pay/ haven't paid up but they ARE fed! What in the hell?!? I'd call the head of that school board, ASAP.

How long ago did they lose his application? I agree that's ridiculous! There is no excuse for letting your child or any child go hungry! Hope everything gets straightened out.

:mad: OMG how long has this been going on?? Our school district is the same as some of the other posters, if the kids don't have or forget their money they get PB&J, fruit and milk. And the teacher usually sends home a note saying your child didn't have money with them or in their account (in case the money was sent and is going elsewhere)... Nevertheless, what did they have your child doing during lunch? Watching the other kids eat? That is quite disturbing!! I think the teacher as well as who ever screwed up and lost the form AND any other employees that saw what was going on are all *kitten* and you should go straight to the Board of Education!!! This is from a Mom of 3 and a Certified Substitute Teacher!!!!!

That's just wrong! I hope they resolve this TODAY.

Hang in there.

Want to borrow my a**kicking boots?:bigsmile:
Crap like that makes me :sick: and :mad: .....Someone's butt needs to be fired!
How could teachers/administrators/whoever else be so oblivious?

So we get back in from looking at the apartment to a message on our answering machine. It was Cecil's teacher. The school board lost his meal application. So they have been letting him go hungery. Those d____ f_______ j________ b__________.

How dare they starve my baby. I promise you if this does not get straightened out now a lawer will be contacted as that IS NEGLECT ON THEIR PART. THEY ARE STARVIN MY BABY BECAUSE OF THEIR STUPID MISTAKE. Yes mommy just got back from the school for taking lunch to him.


AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

FEED MY BABY YOU *kitten* BEFORE YOU REGRET IT.

Yes they make a mistake. Yes you had to take a lunch to him. Is that worthy of a lawsuit? Hell no. There are bigger things in life to worry about that a freakin' missed lunch.

Max - I think it has happened more than once - sounds like it's been going on for awhile. A lawsuit? Maybe not at this point, but something needs to be done because it is not right to let a child go hungry everyday.

Oh lordy be..... :noway:

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Is today the first day this happened? I can't really tell from your post, but it sounds as if it isn't. Why didn't Cecil tell you they were not giving him lunch all along? Gosh, my son called me the day that the lunch lady told him his account was negative and he couldn't eat. It was a mistake, his last name is different than mine, and they put it on another kid's account because he had the same last name. One of the ladies in line did tell him he could eat off the salad bar, but he hates salad. He had a few crackers, some shredded cheese, and some carrots. That being said, mistakes do happen...

So we get back in from looking at the apartment to a message on our answering machine. It was Cecil's teacher. The school board lost his meal application. So they have been letting him go hungery. Those d____ f_______ j________ b__________.

How dare they starve my baby. I promise you if this does not get straightened out now a lawer will be contacted as that IS NEGLECT ON THEIR PART. THEY ARE STARVIN MY BABY BECAUSE OF THEIR STUPID MISTAKE. Yes mommy just got back from the school for taking lunch to him.


AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

FEED MY BABY YOU *kitten* BEFORE YOU REGRET IT.

Yes they make a mistake. Yes you had to take a lunch to him. Is that worthy of a lawsuit? Hell no. There are bigger things in life to worry about that a freakin' missed lunch.

Max - I think it has happened more than once - sounds like it's been going on for awhile. A lawsuit? Maybe not at this point, but something needs to be done because it is not right to let a child go hungry everyday.

I don't want to see a kid go hungry, but I just get tired of folks expecting institutional authorities to care for our kids. That's not their job. That's my job. Their job is to educate.

If those institutional authorities provide a service such as feeding children then it is there responsibility to make sure a child gets fed. How could she do anything about it if she didn't know till they called and told her about the mistake? And if this happened more then once then they should of called sooner about it.

:noway: Sounds like a bad case of the public school blues......gone very, very bad. I'd be at the school, dropping off lunch and having a few choice words with the administration. School's been in session for quite awhile this year, has your child said anything about it before? Do you keep in contact with teachers? Sounds like it's time to get involved. Good luck! :flowerforyou:

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If those institutional authorities provide a service such as feeding children then it is there responsibility to make sure a child gets fed.

No, its not. It is a service, not an obligation.

While I totally agree that its a service and not an obligation, I also agree that mom should have been notified. Here's the thing. ...beginning of the school year you get a form to fill out. Its sent to you by the teachers/schoolboard, you fill that out and send it back. Now my question would be this....how long has this been going on and if its been since the beginning of the school year...wouldn't you expect a teacher to say ...."hey mom...whats up with lunch?"

I'm sorry ...but as an education major I have experience being in a classroom full of kids....you KNOW when your children don't have a lunch. And if that went on for more than a day ...those teachers DO have an obligation to report that to their superiors. A child going more than a day or two at most is a sign of potential neglect on the parents part.....that should have been a red flag for teacher to contact mom or have the principal contact mom and a simple mistake could have been corrected very early on. There's no excuse for anything longer than that.

If you go to mom's page btw ...I believe it says that cecil is a special needs child. If thats the case that may be why he didn't tell her himself.

Regardless of where the fault lies, no school should allow a child to go without a lunch. Ever.

Here locally, we have a school where parents can't/won't afford lunches for their children. (I like to always think it's the former and not the latter; it's easier on the heart that way.) These kids are given two veggies, a roll, and a milk. The principal of that school (it's elementary) told my mother that a lot of those children being given free lunches have no other meals, that their lunch is the only meal they eat. For that reason alone, I think it's the obligation of those adults to ensure those children are fed lunch, and to report potential issues to whatever authorities they can, should issues even exist.

Schools have turned into an institution to raise children when parents aren't willing/can't, from food and clothing provisions (I remember a teacher giving a boy socks in the winter because he didn't have any) to sex education (so parents can avoid discussing it).

Whether the system has been abused and wronged, and should it be corrected is, of course, up for debate, but whether or not to feed a child who cannot control their own situation is not up for debate. Feed the child.