Parents outraged after students forced to throw out lunches
School officials told the media that the contractor, Whitson’s, that provides the cafeteria services went against school policy when it forced the students to toss their lunches. The standard procedure is to give a student a cheese sandwich and milk if the funds are not in the account or if the student did not bring cash.
“There is no way any child in my school district will ever go hungry,” Superintendent Pia Durkin said, reported the Sun Chronicle. “Children need to eat.”
The onsite director in charge of the food services has been placed on administrative leave.
A Whitson’s spokeswoman apologized for the incident.
“We agree that this situation was not handled correctly,” Holly Von Seggern, vice president for marketing and community relations at Whitson’s. “We really want to apologize to the parents of the children who were affected.”
Whitson’s offered a full apology to the Attleboro community on its website. The company noted the workers responsible acted on their own behalf and that it was conducting a full investigation.
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