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New Mexico Outlaws School ‘Lunch Shaming’

posted by Fnord666 on Sunday April 09 2017, @06:22PM   Printer-friendly
from the no-soup-for-you dept.

n1 writes:

What is “lunch shaming?” It happens when a child can’t pay a school lunch bill.

In Alabama, a child short on funds was stamped on the arm with “I Need Lunch Money.” In some schools, children are forced to clean cafeteria tables in front of their peers to pay the debt. Other schools require cafeteria workers to take a child’s hot food and throw it in the trash if he doesn’t have the money to pay for it.

In what its supporters say is the first such legislation in the country, New Mexico has outlawed shaming children whose parents are behind on school lunch payments.

Source: The New York Times

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday April 10 2017, @05:31AM

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Monday April 10 2017, @05:31AM (#491510) Journal

    Sure, every single one of them just liked to freebird and was prone to stair falls. Right. God damn, but some people will do ANYTHING to erase the mental image of child neglect and abuse.

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