As many as 25 students at a Massachusetts school were denied lunch this week — with at least some forced to dump their food in the garbage — because they couldn't pay, school officials and parents said.

Outraged parents said some students at Coelho Middle School in Attleboro cried when they were told by a worker for the district's food service provider they could not eat on Tuesday because they couldn't pay or their pre-paid accounts were short on funds.

The on-site director for the company, Whitsons Culinary Group of Islandia, N.Y., was placed on administrative leave by Superintendent Pia Durkin, who has also scheduled a meeting with company officials and ordered cafeteria workers not to deny any child food.
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Students who cannot pay or whose accounts are empty are supposed to be given a cheese sandwich and milk, but that procedure was not followed at Coelho, Durkin said.

"We agree that this situation was not handled correctly," Whitsons spokeswoman Holly Von Seggern said. "We really want to apologize to the parents of the children who were affected."
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Sometimes, I think everyone is the world is crazy but me.

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Ah, yes. the Scooter Store syndrome that's destroying the country, "I got my lunch at no cost to me". How the hell have we gotten to the point where it's news when somebody, whose parents didn't keep up on the payments for [ridiculously cheap] lunches, doesn't get a free ride [and if they were indigent it would have been paid by the State] ? And who the hell are the parents of those kids to bitch. . Make your damn kid's lunch yourself! My Mom did, way back when, and it was a hell of a lot better than school chow. Eggplant Parmigiano trumps Mac and Cheese every time.

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Ah, yes. the Scooter Store syndrome that's destroying the country, "I got my lunch at no cost to me". How the hell have we gotten to the point where it's news when somebody, whose parents didn't keep up on the payments for [ridiculously cheap] lunches, doesn't get a free ride [and if they were indigent it would have been paid by the State] ? And who the hell are the parents of those kids to bitch. . Make your damn kid's lunch yourself! My Mom did, way back when, and it was a hell of a lot better than school chow. Eggplant Parmigiano trumps Mac and Cheese every time.

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Ah, yes. the Scooter Store syndrome that's destroying the country, "I got my lunch at no cost to me". How the hell have we gotten to the point where it's news when somebody, whose parents didn't keep up on the payments for [ridiculously cheap] lunches, doesn't get a free ride [and if they were indigent it would have been paid by the State] ? And who the hell are the parents of those kids to bitch. . Make your damn kid's lunch yourself! My Mom did, way back when, and it was a hell of a lot better than school chow. Eggplant Parmigiano trumps Mac and Cheese every time.

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These children should have been fed, if nothing but a cheese sandwich & milk! It was stupid to make them throw their lunch in the trash!
It should have been handled in a different manner.

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How are hard is it for a parent to make a sandwich???

I find it shockingly bizarre that it has become almost an "accepted" fact that gubmint is involved in feeding most children in schools at least one meal per day. I understand in many cities that <hot,cold> breakfast is now SOP and many have snacks and a meal in the "after school" programs. IIRC 10-15 years ago it was much more an exception rather than the rule, I think that only very "low income" children were given some kind of <free,discounted> lunch.

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How are hard is it for a parent to make a sandwich???

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I find it shockingly bizarre that it has become almost an "accepted" fact that gubmint is involved in feeding most children in schools at least one meal per day. I understand in many cities that <hot,cold> breakfast is now SOP and many have snacks and a meal in the "after school" programs. IIRC 10-15 years ago it was much more an exception rather than the rule, I think that only very "low income" children were given some kind of <free,discounted> lunch.

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Don't leave out the "Head Start" program that cost the government billions. They take the kids that are three/four years old, feed them breakfast, take them to the doctor, eye doctor, feed them lunch & keep them until one o/clock. The parent picks them up in a school proviced taxi. Sheesh!

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How are hard is it for a parent to make a sandwich???

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These parents are government dependents. They send their kids to school for breakfast & lunch, but it's not the fault of the kids.
Standing with a lunch plate & being forced to throw it in the trash is beyond a child's comprehension.

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How are hard is it for a parent to make a sandwich???

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These parents are government dependents. They send their kids to school for breakfast & lunch, but it's not the fault of the kids.
Standing with a lunch plate & being forced to throw it in the trash is beyond a child's comprehension.

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And how are the kids to learn that what their parents do is wrong, has consequences, and should be avoided in their own lives? I'm tired of being held hostage to 'the children'.

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How are hard is it for a parent to make a sandwich???

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These parents are government dependents. They send their kids to school for breakfast & lunch, but it's not the fault of the kids.
Standing with a lunch plate & being forced to throw it in the trash is beyond a child's comprehension.

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And how are the kids to learn that what their parents do is wrong, has consequences, and should be avoided in their own lives? I'm tired of being held hostage to 'the children'.

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It's too late! We have three/four generations that have been dependent on our government for all of their needs. Most of them have never had a job except for having more children to ensure more money. How do you stop something like that?

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