I’m sure it’s different everywhere, but at my sons school every student has a lunch # and you can put money on an account for your child. It’s more convenient than giving them money each day because I’m not convinced my son wouldn’t lose it. The problem is that when he runs out of money, they don’t inform him that his account is getting low and they don’t tell him he’s out of money on the day he runs out, then they charge me $6 for every time he eats lunch ($2.50) without any money on his account. This pisses me off because when I was in school, if you didn’t have $ one day you could just eat a peanut butter sandwich for free. His school has a reduced cost lunch program so that certain kids with lower income parents can eat free, I don’t qualify for this program but that doesn’t mean that I always have cash on hand to put on his account, and I sure as fuck do not have an extra $6 for everyday that they don’t inform him his account is empty. I wouldn’t have a problem paying back the $2.50 for lunch on the days he doesn’t have money, but why the fuck does it have to cost me $6? I’ve probably paid at least $70 in fees this year because of this shit.
The lunch lady keeps dodging my attempts to ask her about this and everyone else I ask in the office never has any answers, they just keep telling me to ask the lunch lady. Wtf?
What is the policy at your child’s school?