Pennsylvania school district that threatened to have children placed in foster care if their parents' didn't pay outstanding lunch tabs has now accepted a businessman's offer to cover the cost after initially rejecting the offer.
A Pennsylvania school district that threatened to have children placed in foster care if their parents didn't pay outstanding lunch tabs has now accepted a businessman's offer to cover the cost after initially rejecting it.
The letter also attracted the attention of Todd Carmichael, the CEO and co-founder of La Colombe Coffee Roasters, which is headquartered in Philadelphia. Carmichael, who said that he had benefited from subsidized meals served at school when he was a kid, offered to pay off the debt. "I know what it means to be hungry. I know what it means to feel shame for not being able to afford food," he wrote."I worked with my team to reach out to the school district to let them know we were eager to donate the full amount outstanding."
More than 14% of people living within the Wyoming Valley West School District are below the poverty line, about 10% higher than the overall number across the state of Pennsylvania, according to the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau
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