No lunch and no money

AdelaideNow... No lunch and no money:

"And frustrated principals say parents are taking advantage of their generosity by not repaying the canteen bill.

More and more children are going without because mums and dads can't afford to fill their lunchboxes, according to Australian Education Union state president Andrew Gohl."

I think we actually need to document this and get it into the public arena. It seems awful Adelaide can't feed its children. Ther appear to be some odd reasons as to why. Why would your mortgage come before the welfare of your children? Why would children think it's okay to throw out lunches and why would parents thinks schools can foot the bills for lunces. I think a clearer picture needs to be drawn so that we can see exactly how many children genuinely need to be fed because their parents genuinely cannot afford it. This article has some trends and drifts but we need the facts because it just isn't right. Not for schools and not for kids and some parents might be embarrassed to discover what their children are doing. Then when we find out how many children just don't have enough food, then that's a different story.