"child-nutrition manager visited the school and decided to withhold lunches"

[phantom power]

I'm sure there will be dozens of threads on this latest Conservative Victorian cruelty, but ponder this one sentence for minute.

The child nutrition manager. That is, somebody whose job it is to manage nutrition for school children.

Decided to withhold lunches.

Jason Olsen, a Salt Lake City District spokesman, said the district’s child-nutrition department became aware that Uintah had a large number of students who owed money for lunches.

As a result, the child-nutrition manager visited the school and decided to withhold lunches to deal with the issue, he said.

http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2014/01/deadbeat-elementary-school-kids-launch-first-phase-of-kristallnacht-2-0-by-trying-to-steal-lunch-from-hedge-fund-managers

[gonzo_del_oeste]

1. what

a dickensian

[bravenak]

2. Is there a way to contact this ' nutrition manager' and send them a nasty email??

I'm kinda pissed and I just sent my daughter to school, and I want to yell at the jackass who thinks it's okay to deny food to kids. How can they learn anything hungry?? I want that person fired so that I can feel a little bit better. I think we should help that person be relieved of their job.

I mean, even Oliver Twist got one damn bowl!!!

[magical thyme]

8. updated to show the entire staff. not sure which individual was responsible.

I guess start at the top!

http://www.slcschools.org/departments/child-nutrition/

[bravenak]

11. I sent something to everybody.

They all got a special message from me. I was nice to the admin though.

[MicaelS]

9. Go to the article linked in the OP.

There's a link in the 5th comment from the top. Link goes straight to the webpage you need with all the information you could possibly want.

[bravenak]

12. Thank you.

I went up the list from the bottom to the top. I hope somebody messages me back, that would be awesome. Maybe the policy will change soon.

[sabrina 1]

15. I agree, if there is a way to get names of those who allowed this to happen, they should

be published. Whoever chose to take away those lunches should not just be fired, it is CHILD ABUSE.

What a country we live in.

All school lunches should be FREE. THIS is the result of PRIVATIZATION.

[bravenak]

17. I went to the website and emailed everyone on the list including the admin.

It is child abuse to throw food in the trash in front of hungry kids. This country is shameful.
Here's what they say about it on Facebook:
Dear patrons and Uintah Elementary parents,

We have been investigating the lunch situation at Uintah Elementary School and would like to share the following information.

On Monday, a district Child Nutrition manager was sent to Uintah Elementary School to investigate the large number of students who had zero or negative balances in their school lunch accounts. That same day, the district manager and the local school kitchen manager started making calls to inform parents of the negative balances.

On Tuesday, the calls to parents continued. When lunch time came, students who still had negative balances were told they could not have a full meal but were given a piece of fruit and a milk for lunch. The district does this so children who don’t have money for lunch can at least have some food and not go without.

Unfortunately, children are served lunch before they get to the computer for payment. The children who didn’t have enough money in their accounts had their normal food trays taken from them and were given the fruit and milk.

This situation could have and should have been handled in a different manner. We apologize.

We are also investigating what type of notification parents may or may not have received prior to this week. The schools says they inform students when they go through the lunch line if they have a low balance. They say they also send notes home in the student’s Monday folders. However, when contacted Monday or Tuesday, many parents were surprised by the news. The district has specific guidelines for school kitchen managers on how parents should be notified, and we are currently investigating to see if these guidelines were followed correctly. https://www.facebook.com/slcschools


This is not an apology. On the Facebook page they're talking about ending child hunger in the post just below this fake apology.

[enlightenment]

3. They don't even try to hide the nastiness anymore.

[siligut]

4. I caught that too

Just change the title to Food Nazi and did you notice, they never give the Food Nazi's name? He/she is just referred to as the Nutrition-manager in all of the articles.

[ananda]

5. "I want some more."

Sigh

[VanillaRhapsody]

6. because going without your meal is sooooo nutritious!

she should be fired.

[Half-Century Man]

7. How do you decide to punish the parents by abusing their children?

Even mob loan sharks have line they won't cross.

[sabrina 1]

16. Privatization is the culprit. Corporations have contracts to supply lunches

and if they are losing money, kids can starve, period. If people WANT this kind of country, then they deserve it. Or they could start getting involved, demanding that ALL school lunches should be free and end the Corporate invasion of our public schools.

Ayn Rand would love this.

[Demo_Chris]

10. Ex food manager? If not, how soon. nt

[Lancero]

13. I don't think this person is deserving of a nasty email...

This person deserves a gift for their work, and for the decision they made.

And I've just the perfect gift too!

Something from here - www.shitsenders.com

[Lunacee_2013]

14. Wow, we really have lost our way, haven't we? Nt