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Offline jinxmchue

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Local school district has a problem with people paying for lunch
« on: May 15, 2010, 10:38:15 PM »
They sent out an announcement this past week stating that if your kid has a negative balance on their lunch account, all they will get for lunch is a sandwich and milk until they are in the black.  Elementary and middle school kids have no cut-off, but high schoolers get cut-off after two days.  They also stated that they are in the process of contacting families that owe more than $50 for lunches.  $50!!!  Lunch here costs about $2 per day per child, so for one child, that would be an entire month of lunches.  Oy.
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Re: Local school district has a problem with people paying for lunch
« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2010, 10:42:42 PM »
Quote from: jinxmchue on May 15, 2010, 10:38:15 PM
They sent out an announcement this past week stating that if your kid has a negative balance on their lunch account, all they will get for lunch is a sandwich and milk until they are in the black.  Elementary and middle school kids have no cut-off, but high schoolers get cut-off after two days.  They also stated that they are in the process of contacting families that owe more than $50 for lunches.  $50!!!  Lunch here costs about $2 per day per child, so for one child, that would be an entire month of lunches.  Oy.

You get a sandwich and a juice here if you forget your lunch money. Lunch is $1.60.
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Re: Local school district has a problem with people paying for lunch
« Reply #2 on: May 16, 2010, 02:01:45 PM »
I pay $8.75 a day. (5X$1.75) Sure to go up next year.
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Re: Local school district has a problem with people paying for lunch
« Reply #3 on: May 16, 2010, 02:08:52 PM »
Quote from: Alpha Mare on May 16, 2010, 02:01:45 PM
I pay $8.75 a day. (5X$1.75) Sure to go up next year.

Should we call you brood mare instead of alpha mare?












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Re: Local school district has a problem with people paying for lunch
« Reply #4 on: May 16, 2010, 02:09:29 PM »
What ever happened to just packing your kids lunch?
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Re: Local school district has a problem with people paying for lunch
« Reply #5 on: May 16, 2010, 02:15:18 PM »
Quote from: rich_t on May 16, 2010, 02:09:29 PM
What ever happened to just packing your kids lunch?
Requires effort.

And the nutrition nazis are sure to inspect for candy, carbs and trans-fats.
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Re: Local school district has a problem with people paying for lunch
« Reply #6 on: May 16, 2010, 02:17:59 PM »
Quote from: Alpha Mare on May 16, 2010, 02:01:45 PM
I pay $8.75 a day. (5X$1.75) Sure to go up next year.

I bet you could get reduced or free if you asked. They probably don't even check these days.

Of course even at $1.75 its still subsidized.
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Re: Local school district has a problem with people paying for lunch
« Reply #7 on: May 16, 2010, 02:53:48 PM »
Quote from: Mr Snuggle Bunny on May 16, 2010, 02:15:18 PM
Requires effort.

And the nutrition nazis are sure to inspect for candy, carbs and trans-fats.

I am SOOOO glad that my kids are adults and out of the public school system.

I'd be having daily fights with the teachers, principles and board members these days.

ETA:  When my son was in 5th grade his lamed assed teacher wanted my ex-wife to put him on kiddy-cocaine.

I told her over my dead body. 

My son was merely being an active 12 year old and had issues with sitting quitely on occassion.  Certainly nothing that required any sort of prescribed medication.
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Re: Local school district has a problem with people paying for lunch
« Reply #8 on: May 16, 2010, 02:57:47 PM »
Quote from: Mr Snuggle Bunny on May 16, 2010, 02:15:18 PM
Requires effort.

And the nutrition nazis are sure to inspect for candy, carbs and trans-fats.

They get detention for candy at some schools.
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A Texas third-grader was slapped with a week’s worth of detention for possessing a contraband substance, FOXNews.com reported Monday. The substance in question: a Jolly Rancher candy.

A teacher confiscated the unopened piece of candy, and the 10-year-old girl, Leighann Adair, served her detention during lunch and recess last week.

She and the friend who gave her the candy were told to write an essay about what they did and why it was wrong.

“It’s an extreme punishment for something so small,” Michael Brazda, Leighann’s stepfather, told FOXNews.com.

Despite Leighann’s parents' pleas for leniency for a girl they say “has never been in trouble before,” school officials from Brazos Elementary School are standing by the punishment. They argue that they need strict punishment to effectively enforce their no-gum, no-candy policy, which can cause a mess.
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Re: Local school district has a problem with people paying for lunch
« Reply #9 on: May 16, 2010, 02:59:23 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on May 16, 2010, 02:57:47 PM
They get detention for candy at some schools.

I would have told the school to kiss my ass.  No kid of mine would have served a detention for that sort of bullshit.
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Re: Local school district has a problem with people paying for lunch
« Reply #10 on: May 16, 2010, 03:02:18 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on May 16, 2010, 02:08:52 PM
Should we call you brood mare instead of alpha mare?

Not any more  :-). Mine are all grown up. These are grandkids. Damnedest thing, they leave home and then they come back they bring more with 'em!











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Re: Local school district has a problem with people paying for lunch
« Reply #11 on: May 16, 2010, 03:06:07 PM »
Quote from: Alpha Mare on May 16, 2010, 03:02:18 PM


Grandkids = parents revenge on their children.
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Re: Local school district has a problem with people paying for lunch
« Reply #12 on: May 16, 2010, 03:10:20 PM »
LOL...


I'm babysitting my grand daughter as I type this.

I've been doing that 3-5 days a week since about mid-March.

She's a little handful.
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Re: Local school district has a problem with people paying for lunch
« Reply #13 on: May 16, 2010, 03:14:45 PM »
Quote from: rich_t on May 16, 2010, 02:59:23 PM
I would have told the school to kiss my ass.  No kid of mine would have served a detention for that sort of bullshit.
  You got that right
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Re: Local school district has a problem with people paying for lunch
« Reply #14 on: May 16, 2010, 04:32:15 PM »
Quote from: FGL on May 16, 2010, 02:17:59 PM
I bet you could get reduced or free if you asked. They probably don't even check these days.

Of course even at $1.75 its still subsidized.
Here in the wonderful bankrupt blue state of Oregon, free breakfast is MANDATORY at all public schools!
Seems there are a shitload of "parents" that cannot grASSp the concept of feeding THEIR children prior to them leaving their home on a school morning.
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Re: Local school district has a problem with people paying for lunch
« Reply #15 on: May 16, 2010, 04:35:33 PM »
Quote from: PatriotGame on May 16, 2010, 04:32:15 PM
Here in the wonderful bankrupt blue state of Oregon, free breakfast is MANDATORY at all public schools!
Seems there are a shitload of "parents" that cannot grASSp the concept of feeding THEIR children prior to them leaving their home on a school morning.

Good Lord man...

You expect them to get up in time to actually feed the kids?
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Re: Local school district has a problem with people paying for lunch
« Reply #16 on: May 16, 2010, 04:36:07 PM »
Quote from: PatriotGame on May 16, 2010, 04:32:15 PM
Here in the wonderful bankrupt blue state of Oregon, free breakfast is MANDATORY at all public schools!
Seems there are a shitload of "parents" that cannot grASSp the concept of feeding THEIR children prior to them leaving their home on a school morning.

The breakfasts are free here too.
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Re: Local school district has a problem with people paying for lunch
« Reply #17 on: May 16, 2010, 04:44:07 PM »
Quote from: rich_t on May 16, 2010, 04:35:33 PM
Good Lord man...

You expect them to get up in time to actually feed the kids?
No shi`ite!

I'm tuned into your frequency Kenneth...erm..maaaan...
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Re: Local school district has a problem with people paying for lunch
« Reply #18 on: May 16, 2010, 05:07:08 PM »
Quote from: FGL on May 16, 2010, 04:36:07 PM
The breakfasts are free here too.

Free my ass.

Somebody is paying for them.
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Re: Local school district has a problem with people paying for lunch
« Reply #19 on: May 16, 2010, 05:26:07 PM »
Quote from: rich_t on May 16, 2010, 05:07:08 PM
Free my ass.

Somebody is paying for them.

I should have written "free" ::)

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