No money? No lunch for you in New Jersey district.
That's the procedure put in place by the Willingboro Board of Education.
If a student comes through the lunch line and their parents haven't kept their lunch account funded, and they have no cash on hand, their lunch will be taken away and thrown in the trash.
The Willingboro Board of Education has instructed its food service vendor to follow that new procedure when kids can't pay for lunch.
"In the past the Willingboro School District, has provided humanitarian meals to students who have been unable to pay for them. . .If a student goes through the food service line and it is discovered that the student does not have the required funds for a meal, the Chartwell Food service representative has been instructed by the Willingboro Board of Education to withhold the meal from the student, with the understanding that such meal cannot be re-served and must be discarded."
The Passaic Public School District and the East Orange Public School District have also eliminated and/or limited "humanitarian" meals.
During 2013, the cost to Willingboro taxpayers for the humanitarian meals was $46,261.
The board statement said that money "could have been used in a variety of other ways to enrich the students' learning experience."
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Willingboro-Schools-May-Throw-Out-Lunches-223193791.html