In some schools, children who cannot afford lunches have to get jelly or watch their lunches thrown in front of other students.
in this case a cafeteria employee in New Hampshire was fired after allowing a student to manage an $8 shortfall in his lunch account. Bonnie Kimball was at Mascomoma Valley Regional High School for about five years before the school’s vendor, Cafe Services, fired her.
On March 28, the school’s contract with Cafe Services was up for renewal, so a supplier area manager was on site monitoring the staff. A competing seller was also present.
With the vendor’s contract in play, the cafe’s service staff were doing their best, but their supervisors were also instructed not to cause any scenes in the lunch queue, which would presumably include throwing food away from people. students.
When Kimball contacted the student in question, she discovered that he had no money to pay for the meal. As the regional manager observed the staff, she called the referee: “My manager said to me, ‘Don’t make any scene with the contract,'” Kimball said. ‘ I said softly, ‘Tell your mother you need the money. “Immediately after the transaction, the district administrator questioned Kimball about what was in the student’s bin.
The student debts were paid the next day, but it didn’t matter, Kimball was called into the office and fired.
Kimball received a formal termination letter from Human Resources, which alleged that Kimball violated several policies regarding students unable to pay for their lunches.
When speaking with the union leader, the human resources manager stood by the department’s decision, saying Kimball was indeed violating the policy. Two of Kimball’s teammates quit their jobs to support Kimball, but Kimball was not reinstated.
