Why do parents (whose children eat lunch at school) send emergency money with their children to school? So that in the event the lunch ticket has been completely used that the students have money to purchase their meals. Right?
Bluegrass Elementary School 5th grader Emily Williams had emergency money and desired to retrieve her money so as to purchase her meal, she was denied. At which time a Bluegrass staff member throws her lunch in the trash and gives her a bun, slice of cheese and an apple without a plate.
Emily was expected to eat her food off a table, where many students had eaten.
Mary Lou Henry, the Food Sevice Director of Knox County Schools, is credited with turning this department into a professional department that is in the “black”. However, a meal is trown away, the student is giving additional food at no charge. All the while treating the student in an inhumane way.
And the School Board thinks that the only problem is what clothes the kids are wearing, while kids are having their lunch thrown away and treated in this manner, by supposedly responsible adults.
