PHILADELPHIA -- The president of a northeast Pennsylvania school board whose district had warned parents behind on school lunch bills that their children could end up in foster care has rejected a company CEO's offer to cover the cost, the businessman said Tuesday.
Todd Carmichael, chief executive and co-founder of Philadelphia-based La Colombe Coffee, said he offered to give Wyoming Valley West School District $22,000 to wipe out bills that generated the recent warning letter to parents.
But school board President Joseph Mazur rejected the offer during a phone conversation Monday, Carmichael spokesman Aren Platt said Tuesday. Mazur argued that money is owed by parents who can afford to pay, Platt said.
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The board will have its mind changed shortly.
ReplyDelete"In the coming school year, Wyoming Valley West will qualify for funding to provide free lunches to all students."
ReplyDeleteFree, free, free! Nobody pays!
Ring a bell, Joe?
ReplyDeleteI understand his point, if he's trying to teach free-loading parents a lesson.
ReplyDeleteI wish i could have commented on the article, i would have called the school board a Jack A$#, if someone is trying to pay someone's bill, who would stop that .....
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