Pa. district retains delinquent lunch-removal policy

After receiving recent criticism for its student lunch-debt policy, Ellwood City Area Schools has decided to retain it, reports the Ellwood City Ledger.

Under the policy, foodservice workers at Lincoln Junior-Senior High School in Ellwood City, Pa., are permitted to take and throw away school lunches from students who have accrued more than $6.75 in lunch debt. Elementary students with unpaid fees are given an alternate meal of sunflower-butter-and-jelly sandwiches, fruit, vegetables and milk, according to the Ledger. 

The district’s board voted Monday to uphold the policy after some parents called for it to be changed. 

Check out the full story via the Ellwood City Ledger.