Sentences with phrase «lunch debt»

In a survey by the association, districts reported median lunch debt of a few thousand dollars — but some were far higher, as much as $ 4.7 million.

Cheese sandwiches and other «alternate meals» have been added to menus in school districts across the country as they try to deal with lunch debts.

Philando Feeds the Children paid $ 35,000 to St. Paul Public Schools to pay off the school lunch debts for all the students in the district's 56 schools.

Today, school food expert Dana Woldow has a good piece in Beyond Chron explaining the underlying causes of student lunch debt, and offering solid suggestions on how schools can address the issue.

The Associated Press reported, «In Minnesota, an online fundraising effort has paid almost $ 100,000 in lunch debt in Minneapolis schools and $ 28,000 in St. Paul's.

Why this elementary school was singled out over unpaid lunch debt is unclear.

There are so many great stories waiting to be written on the importance of school breakfast and afterschool meals, the need to end school lunch debt shaming, and of course, preserving essential nutrition programs in the federal budget.

Soon after, she encouraged her 68.6 K followers to donate to local schools to help pay off student lunch debt.

The strategy worked in Chula Vista: Lunch debts in the district fell from about $ 300,000 in 2004 to $ 67,000 in 2006.

In this edition of the Harvard EdCast, Ford discusses her personal experience with school lunch debt and how her one tweet inspired a movement.

Prohibiting lunch shaming in PA law ensures that school employees will end this extraordinarily cruel practice of humiliating students because they have unpaid lunch debts.

Yet, now, over $ 150,000 has been donated nationwide by hundreds of people in order to wipe out the lunch debt of strangers.

SUMMIT, N.J. — A New Jersey high school student has raised thousands of dollars to pay off the lunch debts of students at other schools after she says she was disturbed by the so - called «lunch shaming» she saw at her previous school, according to the Jersey Journal.

Student enrichment: The Wellington Rotary Club donates $ 20,000 to cover the lunch debts of 10,000 students in the Palm Beach County School District.

Several local parents are partnering with Junkyard Brewing to support Moorhead Schools to help pay off school lunch debt.