School lunch money
Schools rely on children to let parents know when they have a negative balance in their school lunch account. If parents don’t pay, they go hungry. I don’t know what the solution is here but hungry kids at school just don’t sound right.
I understand the need to put the pressure on parents to pay, but children, especially little children are not the most reliable source to get a bill into the parent’s hands.
How about a monthly statement? Just about everything else is billed on a monthly basis. I don’t know how much my children consume because it is not exactly the same every month so a bill could help. And how about family accounts? I had to leave work the other day to pay money into my son’s account (or he wouldn’t be fed) while my two daughters had a positive balance.
Does anybody have a suggestion? There has to be a better way of notifying the parents.
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Boy, this is a problem, isn't it? I used to sweat this when my kids were small.
At first the school was very good about feeding kids who hadn't paid, but a lot of parents didn't reimburse them. Then they had problems with their bookkeeping and got to be Nazis about making people pay. They're between a rock and a hard place.
I like your idea of a statement. Additionally, I think it would be a good idea for parents who can afford to, to contribute to a sort of slush fun, with careful bookkeeping, to pay for kids who forget or aren't up to date. Were it me, I'd make it a donation type of thing, but maybe that's complicating things too much.
I remember at first they had peanut butter sandwiches for kids who hadn't paid.
Life is so difficult.
Posted by: annegb | November 7, 2006 08:02 AM
Look at our poll question! I don't recal seeing something so divided before!
The kids are the ones suffering the consequences. It is a shame.
Posted by: Gloria Bertram | November 8, 2006 12:03 PM