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COLUMBUS: School district officials in Ohio say a $90,000-a-year elementary school principal got her own children subsidized school lunches through a federal program for the poor.
The Columbus school board on Tuesday accepted the resignation of Kimberly N. Jones, who had been put on paid leave on April 20. The Columbus Dispatch reports she claimed on federal forms that her job paid $2,100 a month, allowing her two children to pay 40 cents for their lunches for two years.
Ohio.com - Officials: Ohio principal got own kids cheap lunches (http://www.ohio.com/news/break_news/121245124.html - broken link)
Kids actually pay for lunch? I have taught at my school for 4 years now (it's a high-poverty school and all of our students qualify for free breakfast and free lunch) and sometimes I forget that not all kids get 2 free meals a day (plus snacks if they stay for tutoring).
Schools should not be in the business of feeding kids- the possibilities for corruption are huge. I thought we fed kids through the AFDC and food stamp program???
Schools should not be in the business of feeding kids- the possibilities for corruption are huge. I thought we fed kids through the AFDC and food stamp program???
FARM is a Department of Agriculture program. It is tied into the food stamp program (whatever it's caled now) in that kids on food stamps automatically qualify for free meals at school. In some areas (DC is one I know of) the program runs year round, including summer. School weather closure decisions are made sometimes based on how long it has been since the kids had a meal at school.
FARM is a Department of Agriculture program. It is tied into the food stamp program (whatever it's caled now) in that kids on food stamps automatically qualify for free meals at school. In some areas (DC is one I know of) the program runs year round, including summer. School weather closure decisions are made sometimes based on how long it has been since the kids had a meal at school.
i'm not sure why this is, but whenever there is a late bus to school (I teach high school) kids on that bus who qualify for "free" lunch are given late passes via one of our AP's to class so they can eat breakfast once they get to school. have had kids come into class sometimes 45 minutes late due to this. grant it they can't control the bus but ive always wandered if the school is mandated to make sure these kids get breakfast every morning and maybe that's why they make sure to give them late passes to class in these cases.
i'm not sure why this is, but whenever there is a late bus to school (I teach high school) kids on that bus who qualify for "free" lunch are given late passes via one of our AP's to class so they can eat breakfast once they get to school. have had kids come into class sometimes 45 minutes late due to this. grant it they can't control the bus but ive always wandered if the school is mandated to make sure these kids get breakfast every morning and maybe that's why they make sure to give them late passes to class in these cases.
Yep, you got it. That's also why all vending machines have to be shut down during lunch, even if the school has only one kid on FARM, Dep of AG rules. A school can get major fines if an inspection reveals machines on during lunch ($10K first offense out of school operating funds).
Kids actually pay for lunch? I have taught at my school for 4 years now (it's a high-poverty school and all of our students qualify for free breakfast and free lunch) and sometimes I forget that not all kids get 2 free meals a day (plus snacks if they stay for tutoring).
How many students are in your school?
We have about 800 students K-6 and about 6% qualify for free or reduced lunch. We don't serve breakfast.
i'm not sure why this is, but whenever there is a late bus to school (I teach high school) kids on that bus who qualify for "free" lunch are given late passes via one of our AP's to class so they can eat breakfast once they get to school. have had kids come into class sometimes 45 minutes late due to this. grant it they can't control the bus but ive always wandered if the school is mandated to make sure these kids get breakfast every morning and maybe that's why they make sure to give them late passes to class in these cases.
How often are school busses late to school? Our district used to have school busses late to school often (2 to 3 times a month). We have a huge student class. But this got straightened out and now we see 2 to 3 times per school year. I mean, if the school is having students miss 45 minutes of class to eat breakfast 2 to 3 times a month, that's a huge loss in classroom time.
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