School kitchen manager 'fired from Colorado school for giving hungry students free lunches'

Raggamuffin wrote:Well she would be. That's like a shop assistant giving free goods away to people who forgot to bring their purse.

Original Quill wrote:

Raggamuffin wrote:Well she would be. That's like a shop assistant giving free goods away to people who forgot to bring their purse.

You are alleging that this was a case of forgetfulness?

Well, maybe that will teach those little bastards.  Wait 'til they lose their mittens!

Raggamuffin wrote:

Original Quill wrote:

You are alleging that this was a case of forgetfulness?

Well, maybe that will teach those little bastards.  Wait 'til they lose their mittens!

It's like giving away stuff from a shop when customers says they can't afford it then.

The ones she gave lunches to didn't qualify for free meals, so it's up to their parents to give them the money, or give them a packed lunch.

The lady says she paid for the meals herself, but if she can't prove that, she's basically giving them away for nothing.

Raggamuffin wrote:

Original Quill wrote:

Raggamuffin wrote:

It's Original Quill...

Ben_Reilly wrote:I hate to think this is all there is to the story -- she gave away food so we fired her. Maybe she did other things, because firing over something like that is overkill. If she was willing to pay for their lunches there should be no problem.

Raggamuffin wrote:

Ben_Reilly wrote:I hate to think this is all there is to the story -- she gave away food so we fired her. Maybe she did other things, because firing over something like that is overkill. If she was willing to pay for their lunches there should be no problem.

I don't think she paid for all of them, just a few.

Ben_Reilly wrote:

Raggamuffin wrote:

I don't think she paid for all of them, just a few.

Well, I'm just going by the information presented in the thread, I'm not going to click that link Still, it sounds to me like there is more going on here.

Curry claimed the students she helped did not meet the requirements for either programme, and that she had paid for some of their meals out of her own pocket.

feelthelove wrote:Isn't this school for kids of primary school age ie 5-10 years old?  I can understand why she did it.  It's the parents responsibility to ensure that their children have their lunch money.

If the school has the ability to charge the first three times a child forgets to the parents acccount why not the 4th, 5th, 6th.............

Raggamuffin wrote:

feelthelove wrote:Isn't this school for kids of primary school age ie 5-10 years old?  I can understand why she did it.  It's the parents responsibility to ensure that their children have their lunch money.

If the school has the ability to charge the first three times a child forgets to the parents acccount why not the 4th, 5th, 6th.............

I wondered about that. Why not just charge their accounts all the time instead of the child having to have the money? I suppose it would take a lot of admin or something.