Post by Jeanne Sager
I'd just put my kid on the bus this morning when I saw the bag on the counter. Inside was the project she was supposed to take to school for music class. I'd forgotten to grab it on our way out the door. That happens, doesn't it? Moms forget. Mistakes happen. So should a school force a kid to go hungry all day because of one little mistake? That's what happened to a teenager in Texas recently. Her lunch account was 70 cents short of the money to cover her meal, so the school made her throw the food out. The 14-year-old was told she had to go hungry all day.![]()
I'd just put my kid on the bus this morning when I saw the bag on the counter. Inside was the project she was supposed to take to school for music class. I'd forgotten to grab it on our way out the door. That happens, doesn't it? Moms forget. Mistakes happen. So should a school force a kid to go hungry all day because of one little mistake? That's what happened to a teenager in Texas recently. Her lunch account was 70 cents short of the money to cover her meal, so the school made her throw the food out. The 14-year-old was told she had to go hungry all day.