On Tuesday, people across social media criticized a 'feel-good story' about an 8-year-old boy who was able to eliminate student lunch debt at seven total schools.
"It's an amazing accomplishment, but let's be honest, this boy should be out having fun and learning, not helping to pay off lunch debts. The government has failed him and millions of other students," Twitter user Ryan Hopprich wrote.
It's an amazing accomplishment, but let's be honest, this boy should be out having fun and learning, not helping to pay off lunch debts. The government has failed him and millions of other students."Bravo to the 8 year old. But what's more amazing that he had to do that at all. Free school lunch for all students should be the lesson here," wrote Twitter user Amy.
Bravo to the 8 year old. But, whatâs more amazing that he had to do that at all. Free school lunch for all students should be the lesson here.Student lunch debt has become a growing problem in recent years. In May 2018, it was reported that a number of Rhode Island Public Schools had more than $300,000 of unpaid student lunch debt. In December 2018,reported that multiple school districts in the Washington, D.C., area owed a collective $500,000 in unpaid lunch debt.
In addition, the School Nutrition Association, a national nonprofit that provides low-cost meals to students across the country, surveyed 1,500 different school districts and reported how the median school lunch debt amount has risen in recent years."What has changed is the amount of debt, rising from a median of $2,000 to $2,500 in the 2014 to 2018 SNA Operations Survey to a median of $3,400 in this survey," the SNA wrote in their 2019 school nutrition trends report.
Ching is also not the only person to try and eliminate student lunch debt, with the yogurt company Chobani donating money to cover $77,000 in unpaid lunch debt for students at Warwick Public School in Warwick, Rhode Island.
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