The sponsorship program was created by the PTSA at the Lawton Chiles Middle Academy in an effort to raise funds for the school. When parents attended orientation for the 2017–2018 school year, they received a form that not only asked for donations, but also offered incentives. For a $50 donation, families get their last names featured on the school’s website; for $100, they can request to have their company’s logo featured instead and purchase a “front of the lunch line pass” for their children. More from CafeMom: Article Reveals How Rich Kids Get Spoiled at Summer Camp & We’re Dying We doubt the front-of-the-lunch-line-pass incentive was created maliciously, but the possible harm it could impose on the children attending LCMA completely negates the original intent. The program has, understandably, caused outrage among many of the parents at the school. “Polk County has got a very high rate of food insecurity when it comes to kids,” dad Chris Stephenson said in an interview with News Channel 8. “With middle school already being a very contentious age, with hormones and everything else, the last thing you really want to do is add a food hierarchy on top of that.” According to the school’s principal, Brian Andrews, the PTSA failed to get approval before presenting its ideas to parents. “Nobody’s a second-class citizen here,” he said. “Sometimes people make mistakes. I don’t think it was anything intentional at all. We just want to get it right, move forward, and apologize.” Principal Andrews has since canceled the fundraiser and spoken to the PTSA committee, prompting the group to release a statement, claiming that the form was sent home with children due to a “clerical error”: The immediate rollback of this incentive program is obviously a good thing, but we can’t help but stress the fact that there is nothing “new and innovative” about allowing privileged kids to receive benefits over their peers in settings where everyone is supposed to be treated as an equal.
title: “Florida School Proposes Letting Rich Kids Cut To The Front Of The Lunch Line Outrage Ensues” ShowToc: true date: “2024-08-29” author: “Ricardo Horrell”
The sponsorship program was created by the PTSA at the Lawton Chiles Middle Academy in an effort to raise funds for the school. When parents attended orientation for the 2017–2018 school year, they received a form that not only asked for donations, but also offered incentives. For a $50 donation, families get their last names featured on the school’s website; for $100, they can request to have their company’s logo featured instead and purchase a “front of the lunch line pass” for their children. More from CafeMom: Article Reveals How Rich Kids Get Spoiled at Summer Camp & We’re Dying We doubt the front-of-the-lunch-line-pass incentive was created maliciously, but the possible harm it could impose on the children attending LCMA completely negates the original intent. The program has, understandably, caused outrage among many of the parents at the school. “Polk County has got a very high rate of food insecurity when it comes to kids,” dad Chris Stephenson said in an interview with News Channel 8. “With middle school already being a very contentious age, with hormones and everything else, the last thing you really want to do is add a food hierarchy on top of that.” According to the school’s principal, Brian Andrews, the PTSA failed to get approval before presenting its ideas to parents. “Nobody’s a second-class citizen here,” he said. “Sometimes people make mistakes. I don’t think it was anything intentional at all. We just want to get it right, move forward, and apologize.” Principal Andrews has since canceled the fundraiser and spoken to the PTSA committee, prompting the group to release a statement, claiming that the form was sent home with children due to a “clerical error”: The immediate rollback of this incentive program is obviously a good thing, but we can’t help but stress the fact that there is nothing “new and innovative” about allowing privileged kids to receive benefits over their peers in settings where everyone is supposed to be treated as an equal.
