Food taken off boy’s lunch tray over $9 debt
SUMMIT COUNTY, OH (WJW) — An Ohio school district is changing its meal policy after a boy was denied lunch on his birthday over an outstanding balance that was less than $10.
Jefferson Sharpmack’s usually playful, happy personality changed in an instant during lunch hour inside Green Primary School back on August 30, WJW reports.
“He gets off the bus and he says, ‘Grandma! Worst birthday ever!’ And I asked him what happened and he proceeded to tell me he wasn’t allowed to pass out a snack, which is a new policy, I understand that,” said Jefferson’s grandmother, Diane Bailey. “Then he says they took his lunch from his tray and gave him a piece of cheese and bread.”
Diane Bailey has temporary custody of her grandson and his siblings and enrolled them in the free and reduced lunch program.
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