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School Children Denied Hot Lunch

  A few weeks ago in Salt Lake City, Utah 40 elementary children had their lunches taken away because they owed money on their lunch accounts. The act of taking the lunches upset the parents of the children. The act was humiliating and traumatic.   In Falmouth at one elementary school they are denying hot lunches because they have fallen behind on lunch money. The sum is one dollar.   The children are being punished for the parents inability to provide lunch money.   Parents are upset and have started an online petition because of the school policy of feeding the children cold cheese sandwiches.   Falmouth residents have to start putting things in perspective. Sit back and look at the big picture in Falmouth. You have two multi-million dollar wind turbines with enormous debt and taxpayers need to pay up to 1/2 million to operate the turbines. You have the wind turbine victims health issues and the town filing litigation against itself.   Something’s not working in Falmouth. What is the nutritional value of a cold cheese sandwich. The town and the school system are bulling fourth grade students for a ONE DOLLLAR ?   http://www.capenews.net/falmouth/parents_petition_against_falmouth_public_schools_serving_students_cold_cheese_sandwich  

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