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Public commenters tell UCPS charge policy is leaving students hungry
Summary
Several members of the public told the Union County Public Schools board that a reinstated charge/alternate-meal policy has caused students to be denied regular lunches and prompted calls for district-level fixes, including an "angel fund." Speakers gave counts of affected students and described instances of children skipping meals.
Several public commenters told the Union County Public Schools Board of Education that a recently reinstated charge policy requiring cafeterias to offer an "alternate meal" is leaving students without lunch and causing shame for children who cannot pay, speakers said at the board meeting.
The concerns centered on how the alternate-meal practice is implemented. "School Nutrition Services must offer an alternate meal at no cost to the student," said Christian Velasquez, a public commenter. "This means that the debt is merely shifted as School Nutrition only receives the federal reimbursement of 53¢ for that…
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