Lunch Debt
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Students with lunch debt barred from attending prom, field trips in New Jersey school district
The school district made headlines earlier this year for proposing a policy in which students who owe over $10 in lunch debt would only be provided a tuna fish sandwich, while those $20 in debt would receive no lunch at all.
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Tattoo parlor raises over $8K to pay student lunch debt
A tattoo parlor in Georgia inked hundreds of people and raised more than $8,000 to help pay off student lunch debt.
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9-year-old boy has hot lunch taken away on his birthday because he owed school $9.75
A school district in Ohio has changed their lunch policy after a 9-year-old had his hot lunch taken away, on his birthday, due to owing just $9.75.
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Student calls school board's policy of providing tuna fish sandwiches to those in lunch debt a 'badge of shame'
Parents and students are upset over a New Jersey school board proposal to give any student who has a lunch debt of over $10 only tuna fish sandwiches. Those owing more than $20 would receive no lunch at all.
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School district accepts CEO's $22,000 donation to cover student lunch debts after initially rejecting offer
The CEO and co-founder of La Colombe Coffee Roasters, Todd Carmichael, says that he offered to give Wyoming Valley West School District to settle the students' lunch debts.
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School district threatens parents their children could be 'placed in foster care' for unpaid lunch debts
Social media users and county officials were disturbed by the letter which threatened placing children in foster care if parents did not pay their late school lunch debt.
