So Inton asked what all parents ask: “What did you guys have for lunch?”
A piece of bread and a carton of milk, his son answered. “They took my lunch away. I guess you guys didn’t pay.”
It was a paperwork error. His son's lunch account had run out and Inton added money that day.
Issaquah School District's policy does state this is the alternative meal given to students with insufficient funds.
Throwing away the lunches of students who can't pay is part of a practice called lunch shaming. Sometimes schools will stamp a student's hand or pin a note to their shirt.
