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- Spunky
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Pennsylvania school lunch debt furor ends with an apology and an .....
announcement: free lunch for all !!
The Wyoming Valley West School District issued an online apology Wednesdayfor sending letters to parents earlier this month that threatened to put children in foster care if lunch money debts were not paid.
Not only did the school board sincerely apologize "for the tone of the letter," it also decided to accept the "generous offer" of a benefactor who offered to pay the school lunch debts, the apology note stated.
At the same time, the school district announced that it now qualifies for the Community Eligibility Provision, a USDA Food and Nutrition Service program
"As a result, all students of the Wyoming Valley West School District will receive free breakfast and lunch in all of our schools for the next five years regardless of income," according to the Wyoming Valley West School Board.
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Re: Pennsylvania school lunch debt furor ends with an apology and an .....
I'm glad this issue has been resolved. I also hope the person/persons responsible for writing those letters gets fired. How insensitive and uncaring can anyone be?
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And this is why parents need to be vigilant and vocal in their schools. Ask for what they want. That’s the only way change happens. Principals and superintendents hate vocal parents. It means they may have to actually work.
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