The Schrammie: Platitudes versus policy

The Schrammie: Platitudes versus policy

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Story Published: Sep 10, 2008 at 12:52 PM PDT

Story Updated: Nov 21, 2008 at 2:00 AM PDT

By Ken Schram

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It's a matter of platitudes versus policy.

So while children may be the future, some kids aren't getting lunch today.

And that's why I'd like to ask Edmonds School Superintendent Nick Brossoit to quit conjugating verbs and come on down.

Mr. Nick presides over more than 21,000 students who go to school in Edmonds.

Last year, some of those kids left behind a lunch tab of more than $200,000.

So this year, the district is teaching those kids a lesson.

The district has decided that any elementary school kid who owes lunch money has to turn in the sumptuous meal he carefully placed on his cafeteria tray and trade it for a dry sandwich.

No milk.

No juice.

Just a slice of cheddar on whole grain bread.

But here's the real kicker: Whatever nutritious meal some kid had chosen, but didn't have the money to pay for, is then THROWN INTO THE TRASH because the Edmonds school district is concerned about food safety.

In the end, no money is saved.

In the end, the food is wasted and the hungry kid is left feeling like a penny on the counter waiting for change.

So for humiliating dozens of Johnnys and Janes; for feeding little kids a lesson at the expense of taking the food from their mouths, please, take a bow Mr. Nick, because this "Schrammie" is for you.

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