Students Fed Cold Sandwiches to Punish Them for Hot Lunch Disses
Filed under: In The News
Credit: Matthew Mead, AP
No hot lunch for you!
Students at Camp Curtin School in Harrisburg, Pa., were forced to dine on cold sandwiches last week to punish them for dissing the cafeteria's hot meals and not cleaning up after themselves, the Patriot-News reports.
"We created the opportunity where we could show them what the bare minimum would be," a school administrator who asked to remain nameless tells the Pennsylvania newspaper.
Of course, fruits and veggies were still included to create a balanced meal, according to the Patriot-News, and, this week, hot lunch is back on the menu.
If the move led the students to clear their plates, we know what's on tonight's menu: cold turkey subs.
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 3)
5-17-2011 @ 2:41PM
LES HENDRICKSON said...Bread and water fer the lot o'them, arrrrr! And make the water warm too, me hearties! And if they complain again, keelhaul every last one o'them scurvy bilge rats. Arrrrr!
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5-17-2011 @ 3:50PM
EAL said...I thought I was reading an article of where I work. I work with adults that are downright pigs. It's bad enough they dis the food but......They literly leave garbage all over the place. They are also very unsanitary. Most do not wash hands at all. The females pee & poo-poo ON the tiolet seat. This list is way to long. I've seen cleaner pig sty's. (yes, I've been to a pig farm) It's funny tho that I work in a casino that EVERYONE raves about the food. If you only knew.
5-17-2011 @ 7:18PM
MomHadIt said...Did you watch House last night? As for Dissing hot lunches, I agree, let them bring lunch from home, the heck with MAKING them sandwiches. Those looked like Subway sandwiches to me, and looked pretty good.
5-17-2011 @ 6:31PM
Linda said...in florida illegal alien anchor children are served free breakfasts as well as free lunches while their parents are out there stealing our jobs and buying fancy chrome wheels for their pickup trucks. Its a disgrace the way our government rewards illegal aliens for breaking our laws at the taxpayers expense.
5-18-2011 @ 2:10AM
carole said...thats the problem with kids and parents today...they eat at home like they are ordering in a restaurant...no more homemade soups stews etc...its junk food....chicken fingers etc...they get their lunches and don't finish them or toss them in the garbage..cold sandwiches for punishment?? with people starving in the world too bad our children are so spoiled...I raised 7 children and they ate what was on the table, half the time would try to sneak off others plates...they ate everything....figure that out.
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5-17-2011 @ 2:50PM
amy said...llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
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5-17-2011 @ 3:08PM
SKW said...I'd MUCH rather eat a cold sandwich than the greasy, fatty, slimy, high-calorie monstrosities the districts order the cooks to make for kids.
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5-17-2011 @ 3:11PM
Al Schrader said...Oh, you mean boiled ham, turkey, roast beef, provolone cheese, lettuce, tomato
on a footlong hero with mustard and mayo. Ok, can I get punished with that ? Al-
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5-17-2011 @ 5:07PM
berg1928 said...Some punishment! Please punish me the same way.
5-17-2011 @ 3:42PM
coolone650 said...What'swrong with cold cut sandwiches for the kids? Subway cold subs are at least five buck each!
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5-17-2011 @ 3:24PM
Amanda said...We have a similar deal at our house where our dinner menus are concerned (we plan the week's menus in advance to help plan the grocery list and stay within the budget). Our kids learned early on that this is a house, not a short-order diner. What's on the menu is what gets served that night. If the kids don't like what's on the menu for that night, they know where the peanut butter and bread are. Cleaning up after themselves is mandatory, and if they don't, they get their allowance docked. They may call us mean parents, but they'll thank us when they grow up.
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5-17-2011 @ 8:15PM
red said...Keep doing what you are doing because that teaches them responsibiity. Not many parents do that.
5-17-2011 @ 3:48PM
lee said...Just out of curiosity, how long before parents get fed up with American "Educators," and start forming parent blocs to file class action suits against these totalitarian school educators? Aren't you fed up with the way they dictate bad curriculi, bad dietary menus, and poor teacher performance? I don't have a dog in this fight, as my children are all grown, and beyond the reach of these sub-standard fools, but it still irks me to read these type of blogs. I'm thankful every day that they weren't taught that they are the oppressors of the poor Mexican race, by being "Gringos."
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5-17-2011 @ 4:02PM
Debbie said...My kids are gringos and we are not poor. This has nothing to do with race. Every time no matter what the subject, someone has to come up with a race comment. We are all just people living in the same world and should just get along no matter what race anyone is.
5-18-2011 @ 1:00AM
Sara said...Umm, I believe that usually the educators march to the drum of politicians and parents. I have yet to hear of educators in the US allowed the leeway to determine their curriculum, much less anything nearing dictator-making status. I believe politicians and budgets determine the lunch menus as well.
...or did you mean something else by "educators"?
5-17-2011 @ 5:55PM
Carolyn said...Teacher's don't "dictate" anything. Lawmakers and administrators do. Teachers have surprisingly little control over anything in the educational environment. And teachers are held to a higher level of accountability than the president. Pay attention to the news. We're moving toward merit pay and away from collective bargaining. You'll appreciate the American Education system when there's a drastic shortage of teachers because they've left the profession on account of all the BS and lack of gratitude of the public they serve.
5-17-2011 @ 7:38PM
AmyK said...School lunches are a service and a convenience that schools offer. Schools are not forcing anyone to buy the lunches. I pack lunches for my two kids every day. Either cold leftovers from the night before, good old peanut butter and jelly (they get excited when I buy 'fancy' jellies like mango or blueberry), tuna and crackers, string cheese, fresh fruits and vegetables. I even use washable containers and insulated bags so cut down on garbage. It's not hard to do, just takes a few extra minutes in the morning. My kids lunch on cold chicken sandwiches, even cold pizza (I make my own)...they think it's all delicious, and I know that they're eating a healthy, balanced, low-fat meal.
5-17-2011 @ 3:33PM
daycarechick said...what one school trashes could feed an african village.... today's kids are SO spoiled.
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5-17-2011 @ 5:52PM
hank said...I really don't care about Africa. It is time to wrroy about our own house not everyone elses.
5-17-2011 @ 3:41PM
Lita said...Since when is a cold turkey sub punishment? There are tens of thousands of children (and adults) across American who would love to be punished in this fashion.
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