美闻：丹佛某小学食堂员工因给飢饿学生“free lunch”被学校开除引发争议 潜水员大爷2015-06-04 22:14:55

Della Curry，因为给学校 某些不在“免费 午餐" 名单上的飢饿学生免费午餐，被学校当局开除，引发社会媒体在争议。

She just couldn't see a kid go hungry.

Della Curry, a cafeteria worker in an elementary school in a Denver suburb, has been fired for giving free food to students who didn't qualify for the federal free lunch program.

The mother of two admitted to KCNC-TV, which first reported the story, that she violated school policy by giving the free meals but said that she didn't want to see the children go hungry. She's hoping her case will change district policy.

"I had a first grader in front of me, crying, because she doesn't have enough money for lunch. Yes, I gave her lunch," Curry told the station. "I'll own that I broke the law. The law needs to be changed."

Curry (pictured above) said that many students' families can't afford to send them lunch even if they don't qualify for the free or reduced cost lunch program. She said sometimes students simply forget their lunch money and noted that on occasion she even went into her own pocket to pay for lunches.

 

Cherry Creek School District, where she had been employed, refused to comment to the station about her case, saying it was a personnel matter.

But after the report aired, the district posted a statement on the district web site about the policy without mentioning her by name. It said that students are given free lunches the first three times they forget their lunch money and after that they are given a cheese or if available turkey sandwich, along with a milk.

"No child is ever allowed to go without lunch," said the district's statement.

But Curry said that meal is not enough and leaves kids still hungry.

The district said the cost of the district's lunch program are not covered by the prices charged.

 

Curry hopes to speak to the Board of Education about her case and about changing the policy.

"If me getting fired for it is one way that we can try to change this, I'll take it in a heartbeat," she said.

She may have support from some parents at the meeting. Parent Darnell Hill told the station that Curry should be thanked for what she did.

"Do something different than fire her. She's trying to help," he said.

现状：Curry said that many students' families can't afford to send

在美国某些北方城市，”For Lower-Income Students, Snow Days Can Be Hungry Da

snow day=hungry day这段“引子”是某主流媒体的报道大标题，我一字没改，作为世界最强大的国家，不应有这洋的事发生

早说过你脑袋痴线了。

事实是美国内，每天学校都有中午饿肚子的孩子（有个估计数是百万计的，你可以查一下），盖因家里没能力提供午餐，有不够格享用ZF的资助

你们州享受政府资助的家庭年收入多少？

城头上就有美国穷人拿福利的帖子。

这个阶层的人是不知道如何控制预算，CNNmoney上曾经有过节目是教人如何预算（主要针对低收入家庭），要用不同的信封来把一个月的

有钱花7，8千亿在军费上，怎么没钱让小学生吃饱？

他们拿了福利金就去吸毒酗酒，怎么可能吃饱。

有foodbank为什么还挨饿，中国还没有foodbank呢，也没听说谁挨饿。