Headteacher refuses to feed children who are ‘more than a penny in debt to school’
Pupils whose meal accounts are more than a penny in debt at a school will be left without food at lunchtime.
The severe warning was issued in a letter to parents sent by Neil Foden – the strategic head of Ysgol Dyffryn Nantlle in Penygroes, Gwynedd – as part of an approach recommended by the local council.
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@zleap yes but schools that are flexible are getting the money from somewhere. A lot of times out of the pockets of teachers directly who want to help either directly or indirectly. The money has to come from somewhere.
+bonifartius 𒂼𒄄
Yeah, this is Wales, which If I understand it has a LABOUR government in charge, the loudest critics of Boris Johnson in the UK.
So where does Labour actually stand on free school meals. ?
I'd take it one step further and say this may not be an issue to handle at the school level at all. The poor should have access to some degree of food to the point that I have to wonder why these parents arent able to feed their kids in the first place and send them to school with healthy food.
Some have a choice o heat home, feed kids, or feed kids and parents go Hungary (esp now fuel bills are going up)
The government has removed the £20 a week universal credit boost, which is about £80 a month, it was increased during the covid pandemic (which still isn't over)
The government were warned about the impact, I understand that it was temporary BUT it is a huge hit for people who were struggling before.
I agree this is a grown up issue and kids should not be made to suffer we need a highly educated work force in the future this won't happen if kids go to school hungry. The education impacts on this are also well know.
> Some have a choice o heat home, feed kids, or feed kids and parents go Hungary (esp now fuel bills are going up)
I agree, and this is where the failure is. Either the government isnt giving these people the resources they need to get out of poverty (and survive it until they do), or, these people arent putting in the effort and utilizing these resources. Most likely the former more so than the latter.
Therein is the problem. If they cant provide for their kids this isnt the place for a school to step in, its function is to teach. It represents a failure on the part of the government and really has no relationship to school meals at all.
@freemo I agree, but some schools were a little more flexible than this.