Do the schools actually have the authority to do that or is it like all those other empty threats I use to get? It’s insane, but not surprising that the schools would threaten that. The sort of family who has to skip on paying lunch debts also doesn’t have means to talk to a lawyer.
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Luzerne County’s manager and child welfare agency director have written the superintendent, insisting the district stop making what they call false claims.
So you (the district) agree that right exists? Either you’re not providing food and thus you’re doing the neglecting and also they don’t owe you anything, or you are required to provide food regardless of payment because you’re in loco parentis during the school hours. And the $450 could very likely have been used to provide food and other necessities for those kids before and after school.
If you want to charge them with neglect, you have to prove they neglected their child, not just your budget.
Do the schools actually have the authority to do that or is it like all those other empty threats I use to get? It’s insane, but not surprising that the schools would threaten that. The sort of family who has to skip on paying lunch debts also doesn’t have means to talk to a lawyer.
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Yup, empty threats made to impoverish families.
" for neglecting your child’s right to food"
So you (the district) agree that right exists? Either you’re not providing food and thus you’re doing the neglecting and also they don’t owe you anything, or you are required to provide food regardless of payment because you’re in loco parentis during the school hours. And the $450 could very likely have been used to provide food and other necessities for those kids before and after school.
If you want to charge them with neglect, you have to prove they neglected their child, not just your budget.
Carl’s Jr. will “help”