By Tamantha Hip-HopVibe.com Staff Writer
A cafeteria worker at University High School threw away a student’s lunch after she was 15 cents short.
According to Click Orlando:
Her mother, Kimberly Aiken, said it happened to her sophomore daughter on Tuesday.
“She puts her food on the tray, gets to the front, gives her number to the cashier, and she says, ‘Well, you owe 15 cents,'” she said. “My daughter said she didn’t have any money, so the cashier took her food.”
Aiken said the cafeteria worker threw away the food, and her daughter spent her first day at school without food.
“That’s the big thing — it’s eat breakfast, lunch, so that they can make sure that they’re doing good on their work,” she said. “But then you starve my child?”
Aiken said she signed up for the free and reduced-cost lunch program, but it has not taken effect yet. She said the 15-cent deficit in her account must have been carried over from last year.
Roger Edgcomb, a spokesman for Volusia County Public Schools, responded to questions asking if this was standard procedure.
“The school is always willing to work with students and families as needed,” he said. “The school will be contacting the family directly to help resolve this issue.”
Rapper, TI, said what the cafeteria worker did was “despicable” and has come forward to offer to pay for the girl’s school lunch for the rest of the year.
This sh*t is despicable!!! This is the kinda sh*t that deters kids from coming to school. I’d like to take care of her school lunch for the year. I hate to hear this type of thing happening to our children. Petty ass peon ass, poor excuse for a grown person. 🤬😡😠😤 pic.twitter.com/sWWWnwMJnp
— T.I. (@Tip) August 19, 2018
