School Lunch Shaming Is Wrong

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“A school lunch costs around $2.35. When a kid doesn’t have enough money, many schools require cafeteria workers to take a kid’s tray of hot food away and throw it in the trash. Children are then handed a cold cheese sandwich- or they are forced to go hungry with no food at all” (Heather Long. “No one believes we do this to kids: Will Congress end school lunch shaming? CNNMoney, 2017). No one believed this was happening to the kids in the cafeteria. “After CNNMoney published a story on school lunch shaming, there was an outpouring reaction.” (Heather Long. “No one believes we do this to kids: Will Congress end school lunch shaming? CNNMoney, 2017). Why is the kid punished if parents can’t pay for lunch? What happens when you don't have enough money for school lunch? You get a wristband, or a stamp showing you don't have the money. Your lunch gets tossed in the trash and if you are lucky you get a cheese sandwich or nothing at all. "Rather than a hand stamp on a kid to say, 'I need lunch money,' send an email or a text message to the …show more content…

In the article, it asks “Why are parents so negligent?” It talks about a young girl who was turned down lunch because she didn’t have the money. Her teacher buys the young girl lunch. “It turns out the problem was that the young girl’s parents were not proficient in English.” (Heather Long. “No one believes we do this to kids: Will Congress end school lunch shaming? CNNMoney, 2017). Other kids have not been so lucky to have this good luck. In a school in Killeen, Texas a teacher witnessed something very familiar. A student goes up to the lunch line is actually told “You have no money,'" said Holt, describing the incident last year. A milk carton was taken away, and the girl's food was dumped in the trash.” (Ap. “You have no money”: Schools rethink meal debt policies.” CBS News,

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