MCPS considering alternate meals for students with lunch debt
Advocates fear new policy would ‘shame’ some students
May 5, 2021 | 8:21 pm
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Education advocates say a proposed Montgomery County Public Schools policy requiring that some students with unpaid lunch bills get “alternative meals” would promote “lunch shaming” and inequity.
The draft policy, which the school board will consider next week, was first written in 2019. It aims to address a U.S. Department of Agriculture requirement that school districts develop policies on communicating how they handle debts.
The proposed MCPS policy says families that do not qualify for federal free and reduced-price meal programs but have a lunch debt of more than $35 would get “alternative meals” usually a sandwich rather than a hot meal until the debt is paid.
MCPS tables proposal for ‘alternate meals’ for students with unpaid lunch bills
Organizations, officials criticized policy, saying it promotes ‘lunch shaming’
May 6, 2021 | 2:48 pm
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As public pushback mounted on Thursday, the Montgomery County Board of Education tabled a proposed policy on handling student meal debt from its Tuesday meeting agenda. The board was scheduled to take final action to adopt the policy.
On Wednesday, Bethesda Beat reported about a draft policy that proposed some students with more than $35 in unpaid lunch bills get “alternative meals” until their debt is paid. Education advocates had raised concerns that the policy punished students and that they should get the meal of their choosing while MCPS and their parents work out the debt.
Patients forced to cross 100kph dual carriageway to access Limerick vaccination centre
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FEARS have been raised those “on the fence” about getting the Covid-19 injection might avoid the effort of going to Limerick’s vaccination centre.
The Radisson Blu Hotel at the Ennis Road is the sole facility for mass-vaccinations for the whole county, and complaints have been made about how those without their own vehicle struggle to get out there under their own steam.
Already, more than 50,000 people across the region have received their first inoculation against coronavirus, with that number to be ramped up in the coming weeks.
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) â Bo Harvat scored his second goal of the game 1:19 into overtime, giving the Vancouver Canucks a 3-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday night in their return from a nearly four-week layoff because of a COVID-19 outbreak.
Horvat also had an assist, Nils Hoglander had a goal and an assist, and Braden Holtby made 37 saves as the Canucks played their first game since March 24. At least 21 players and four members of the coaching staff tested positive for the coronavirus and Vancouver had 11 games postponed since the outbreak hit late last month.
No Canucks players remained on the NHLâs COVID-19 protocol list Sunday, but some of Vancouverâs regular starters remained out of the lineup, including goalie Thatcher Demko, defenseman Nate Schmidt and forwards Tyler Motte and Jake Virtanen.