A school district threatened to place children in foster care because they had outstanding school lunch debt
On July 16, 2019, a Pennsylvania school district threatened to place children with outstanding school lunch debt in foster care. Just a week later, the president of the district's board of education defended the decision with some pretty condescending financial advice.
. The letter then told parents and guardians that any unpaid debt could possibly result in the guardian being forced to attend dependency court, with a possible outcome of “your child being removed from your home and placed in foster care.”, Joseph Mazur, the president of the district’s board of education defend Muth’s letter. “I think you have to pay your bills,” he said. “I mean, I've been paying my bills all my life. So has everybody else.
However, Joanne Van Saun, director of the Luzerne County Children and Youth Services, told CNN the organization was “blindsided” by the district’s decision to send the letter. “The way they handled it was totally inappropriate, unnecessary and could have easily been resolved through so many different avenues.”
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