According to a Facebook post from the Warwick School District, the complete total owed for outstanding lunch balances is $77,000.
One Rhode Islander has set her sights on eliminating a local school district's lunch debt after a Facebook post from the district announced that menu choices would be eliminated for students who owe on their accounts.
As of Wednesday evening, the post had garnered over 930 comments, with many reacting to the district's decision, commonly referred to as"lunch shaming." Other school districts around the country have invoked similar policies, including a 2017 incident where a child in Arizona had his hand stamped with the word 'lunch money' so his parents would know he owed a balance.
Despite the outstanding balance, restaurant owner Angelica Penta offered to contribute $4,000 to help the district. However, Penta told WPRI that the district rejected the check she tried to give them. Penta elaborated in a Facebook post where she said she met with the Warwick district twice to offer the money and came away from the second meeting in tears."I get where they are coming from. They don't want parents getting upset if their child's lunch gets paid for, but if they are going through hard times they may need help. I come up with several different ideas and they were all shut down. Please if anyone has any ideas how we can stop this please let me know.
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