Post by Dave on Jun 12, 2013 16:05:08 GMT
I don’t know what this world is coming to at times and the story I heard today told me the world really is getting a madder place to live in. The story concerns Hayes Road Primary Scholl in Paignton and the eleven year old son of one of their own school governors.
His son was in the dinner line waiting to be served and was told he couldn't be served and burst into tears in the hall. WHY? Well it seems his lunch account was £1.70 in the red with payments. If he had been given a meal then the account would have been a staggering £3.40 in the red.
The dad went and saw the head as he thought there must have been a mistake, he rightly felt if anyone was to blame for there not being money in the account, it should have been him and his son shouldn’t have to be responsible. He did say he found it incredible that a primary school aged child can be left without lunch for potentially being in debit for £1.70.
The dad has quit as a school governor and while I can fully understand the system the school has put in due to money not always been paid in the past, I do feel for such a small amount it would have been better to give the boy a lunch and sort out the small arrears with the father later
