Pupil refused lunch over £1.75 debt

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A father withdraws his children from a Devon primary school after his 11-year-old son is refused lunch over a £1.75 debt.


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Assuming the debt is justly owed, I say good for the school. What kind of society would England be if nobody paid their debts? Refusing to pay one's debts is no different than shoplifting, burglary, or any other kind of theft.

A society where people dont get punished for other peoples doing? I mean, how is it the pupils fault, that his father cant pay? Should he have gone to job interviews to search a job for his father, so that he is allowed to eat? I simply dont see the punishment of the responsible person, the father, because its the not responsible kid, that gets punished.

its a little ridiculous on both ends

your not getting the point

you should nerver punish someone for what another person did simple as that

It is the parents responsibility to feed their children not the school.

In this setup, it's the child who is forced to "learn a lesson" by going without and presumably having this interfere with studies. It's of course considered to be OK to have children learn these lessons and if they're interfered with it's their own fault and a matter of Personal Responsibility.

Of course studies will suffer and that is assuming that the child had eaten breakfast, which is not guaranteed. The school stated that the parent had been contacted three times regarding their account was in debt. Sounds like a poor system in any respect.

in America the school would have just let the debt keep increasing and just withhold report cards and transcripts till it was paid

Is that why america has such a problem with obesity?

In our district, only elementary school can do that. Once you hit junior high and high school, it's a big sucks to be you. NO SOUP FOR YOU! (Soup Nazi).

My nephew had to give the tray of food back. He could call his parents have have them bring him money or lunch or wait until he got home.

He waited.