No Soup for You: School Serves Up Cold Lunch As Punishment

I think two days with a plain cheese sandwich is not a major concern. It gets the message across that there are consequences for actions. But I think if they knew which students were actively involved then the better punishment would be to take them on a field trip and let them serve lunch at a homeless shelter, teach them that what they wasted could have fed someone in need. and teach them to help support others. there are times my children were punished as part of a class because of actions of others, and like i explained to them, sometimes it is hard to know who all was involved so sometimes it happens that way, but to remember it if they ever even think of acting out because the worse punishment is sometimes given by the students not involved who had to pay, so provide their own payback.

Parents outraged over cheese sandwiches? Wow. Good for the school. I would have made them scrub the cafeteria, eat cheese sandwiches for a week along with detention. :)

These kids are lucky that they get lunch at all! Honestly, who do these people think they are????? If they don't like the cheese sandwiches then, they should bring peanut butter and jelly from home!!!!!! It was always good enough for my kids.

There's always has to be a big mouth. How does she know what prison food looks or tastes like? Why is this lady complaining over a cheese sandwhich anyway for? Considering there's no supermarket in Atlantic City. Another thing....did the kid die of starvation? Another AC. kook

Why do parents whine when their children are disciplined at school? If they did their jobs and disciplined at home there would be much less need for schools to be involved in it at all. They were served cheese sandwiches not arsenic for their crimes. The ones who didnt engage in the food fight couldve brought their lunch that day. Parents and kids behave likes its a terrible thing to brown bag a lunch. Get a grip and stop being sp spoiled. Raise you kids properly and if an incedent like this happens punish your child accordingly and the shcool wouldnt have to clean up after your lousey parenting.

spell innocent?....

What does inecent mean?

It's innocent, not inecent you putz. And for the record I side with the school board. There is nothing wrong with a plain cheese sandwich. There are plenty of children in the United States alone who would see that as steak and potatoes, since their parents cannot afford to feed them on a regular basis. The schools are obligated to serve a healthy meal, nothing in it's policy says it has to be fancy. So Little Johnny and Susie had their taste buds dulled, big deal. Next time they will think twice before having a food fight.

This isn't working. Evidently the board has done this before, like they reported. Giving them this lunch didn't change them before, so maybe detention, in school suspension when they know who the student are, and accordind to who they are and times caught doing this, would be the form of punishment given. If they are constantly caught doing this, cheese sandwiches are not going to stop them! Maybe a few days home will help, or even stronger methods, because they may have other discipline issues. I taught for many years in high school so know what I am talking about.
Wesley, your use of the "N" word was absolutely uncalled for and you owe this and anyone who is reading this, plus students an apology!
Thank you for letting me speak my mind.
Linda Moberg

yea an if it was your kid mike mcgowan you'd be so enraged if your kid had to starve for a day..or eat garbage for lunch

only those responsible should be punished. not every person in the building. No one should have to pay for some one else's stupidity!

While I don't think food for 3 days is best, my thinking is that none of the parents have had to deal with a roomful of out of control teens...and if the cold lunches work, doesn't seem like such a hardship to me.

agree with you Mike,
Starve or eat garbage these kids arent homeless they DO have at least 1 parent. and didnt seem to miss the FREE LUNCH they were throwing arway any way!!!!!

I agree..the students should go for at least a week without lunch and send the money it would cost to feed the litte spoiled snots to charity...I am so sick of bad behavior in our schools and the parents that enable the bad behavior by not standing behind the schools..now wonder our children graduate and cant even name 3 presidents of even worse, cant add 2+2

I agree 100%. By the way, who had to clean up the "food fight" mess? Did the public have to pay overtime for janitorial services? Kids will be kids, but I think if they were exposed to people who are genuinely hungry, it would make them understand what a crime it is to waste just for laughs. What's the big surprise of this story is some of the parents' reactions to the punishment and their outrage over boring food. Snoooooozzzzzzeeee

Funny thing about Innocence is that parent who yells loudest about their child not being involved gets a rude awakening....... Too many say not my child and then the truth comes out. As for only punishing the ones involved that does not always happen in the real world. Also teens react to peer pressure so if those not involved learn the lesson they in turn pressure others into acting right.

SRU are you serious? Only those responsible? I'd like to see you point out the only students responsible during a food fight, besides we don't live in a society where its every man for himself so punishing only the students involved isn't realistic. It teaches both parties a valuable lesson, all actions have consequences and sometimes those consequences affect innocents.