How to pay for unpaid student lunch accounts

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can donate here: https://www.mcpsfoundation.org/pages/our-campaigns/dine-with-dignity-campaign

Try the link above

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can donate here: https://www.mcpsfoundation.org/pages/our-campaigns/dine-with-dignity-campaign

OK.

Don't want to pay to MCPS foundation. Want to directly pay to the school. Want all money to be used in the school of our choice that has the need. I am not going to pay for a W school because the non-payment is probably due to parents forgetting about putting money in.

You do know that not everyone at a W school is wealthy, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can donate here: https://www.mcpsfoundation.org/pages/our-campaigns/dine-with-dignity-campaign

OK.

Don't want to pay to MCPS foundation. Want to directly pay to the school. Want all money to be used in the school of our choice that has the need. I am not going to pay for a W school because the non-payment is probably due to parents forgetting about putting money in.

Paying directly to your school is admirable. As for the W generalization, that statement is uncalled for. In a school of 3000 students, there are surely students on FARMS and others who have lunchroom debts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, the foundation seems very shady. The way money is being distributed seems shady. BCC HS is that poor? But Kennedy HS is all paid up?

Please, I only want to pay for families and students that cannot afford to pay for lunch, even with reduced prices. I don't want to pay for families who can afford to pay but did not remember to pay.

Kennedy has a much higher low income population.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, the foundation seems very shady. The way money is being distributed seems shady. BCC HS is that poor? But Kennedy HS is all paid up?

Please, I only want to pay for families and students that cannot afford to pay for lunch, even with reduced prices. I don't want to pay for families who can afford to pay but did not remember to pay.

Kennedy has a much higher low income population.

I don't think anyone has to pay for lunch at Kennedy in the first place, I believe it's one of the Community Eligibility schools? Many of the poorest schools are, and hence should have little or no lunch debt. It's more likely to be the poorer kids at the better-off schools who rack up the debt. (And there's no good way to magically separate the debt of the families who can't afford to pay at those schools from those of richer families who just forgot, sorry. Although I would be surprised if it's that common for families who can afford to pay off their lunch debt to just allow it to accumulate anyway.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can donate here: https://www.mcpsfoundation.org/pages/our-campaigns/dine-with-dignity-campaign

OK.

Don't want to pay to MCPS foundation. Want to directly pay to the school. Want all money to be used in the school of our choice that has the need. I am not going to pay for a W school because the non-payment is probably due to parents forgetting about putting money in.

You do know that not everyone at a W school is wealthy, right?

Yes. But every single W school and BCC has a privately funded Education Foundations that can circumvent MCPS and PTA rules to fund activities, after school clubs, get enrichment for the students and also do charity work. So they certainly have the funds to help their own. If they are not doing so then shame on them. I am also surprised that more of the rich families in these schools are not opting to pay for one or two students.

However, if there are genuine cases of kids who cannot afford it or the families are suddenly facing job losses etc then how do I vet those kids?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can donate here: https://www.mcpsfoundation.org/pages/our-campaigns/dine-with-dignity-campaign

OK.

Don't want to pay to MCPS foundation. Want to directly pay to the school. Want all money to be used in the school of our choice that has the need. I am not going to pay for a W school because the non-payment is probably due to parents forgetting about putting money in.

Paying directly to your school is admirable. As for the W generalization, that statement is uncalled for. In a school of 3000 students, there are surely students on FARMS and others who have lunchroom debts.

Yes, you are right. I stand corrected and I apologize.

So how can we get the information that there are x number of students in ABC school and some have more debt and some less? I am envisioning that each donor would want to sponsor some whole number of kids to wipe out the debt as well as top off their lunch money accounts. I am sure that some kids have more debt than others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Picking the DCUM hive brain since I get good advice on this forum.

Is there a way that I can donate money to pay off some unpaid student lunch accounts in MCPS. I want to commemorate a significant event in my life and I would like to use that money to help people.

Where can I pay off these accounts (maybe only one school)? What is the process? Is this a good idea? How do I ensure that the money will not be used for something else? Who do I contact?

I want to donate anonymously, but I want to full amount to go towards paying off these lunch accounts.

Anything here that's relevant?:
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1227612.page

🙏🏼 Always helpful to have more info. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can donate here: https://www.mcpsfoundation.org/pages/our-campaigns/dine-with-dignity-campaign

OK.

Don't want to pay to MCPS foundation. Want to directly pay to the school. Want all money to be used in the school of our choice that has the need. I am not going to pay for a W school because the non-payment is probably due to parents forgetting about putting money in.

Paying directly to your school is admirable. As for the W generalization, that statement is uncalled for. In a school of 3000 students, there are surely students on FARMS and others who have lunchroom debts.

Yes, you are right. I stand corrected and I apologize.

So how can we get the information that there are x number of students in ABC school and some have more debt and some less? I am envisioning that each donor would want to sponsor some whole number of kids to wipe out the debt as well as top off their lunch money accounts. I am sure that some kids have more debt than others.

Unless you are planning to donate a truly huge amount of money, just donate through the foundation rather than wasting a bunch of MCPS staff time trying to figure out ways to do it precisely the way you personally think is best.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can donate here: https://www.mcpsfoundation.org/pages/our-campaigns/dine-with-dignity-campaign

OK.

Don't want to pay to MCPS foundation. Want to directly pay to the school. Want all money to be used in the school of our choice that has the need. I am not going to pay for a W school because the non-payment is probably due to parents forgetting about putting money in.

Paying directly to your school is admirable. As for the W generalization, that statement is uncalled for. In a school of 3000 students, there are surely students on FARMS and others who have lunchroom debts.

Yes, you are right. I stand corrected and I apologize.

So how can we get the information that there are x number of students in ABC school and some have more debt and some less? I am envisioning that each donor would want to sponsor some whole number of kids to wipe out the debt as well as top off their lunch money accounts. I am sure that some kids have more debt than others.

Unless you are planning to donate a truly huge amount of money, just donate through the foundation rather than wasting a bunch of MCPS staff time trying to figure out ways to do it precisely the way you personally think is best.

No, no. I would rather talk to individual cafeteria managers to get a list of students (accounts) and pay. My idea is also to have a considerable number of people that I personally know and who donate, to start donating to this cause. The process has to be easy though.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can donate here: https://www.mcpsfoundation.org/pages/our-campaigns/dine-with-dignity-campaign

OK.

Don't want to pay to MCPS foundation. Want to directly pay to the school. Want all money to be used in the school of our choice that has the need. I am not going to pay for a W school because the non-payment is probably due to parents forgetting about putting money in.

Paying directly to your school is admirable. As for the W generalization, that statement is uncalled for. In a school of 3000 students, there are surely students on FARMS and others who have lunchroom debts.

Yes, you are right. I stand corrected and I apologize.

So how can we get the information that there are x number of students in ABC school and some have more debt and some less? I am envisioning that each donor would want to sponsor some whole number of kids to wipe out the debt as well as top off their lunch money accounts. I am sure that some kids have more debt than others.

Unless you are planning to donate a truly huge amount of money, just donate through the foundation rather than wasting a bunch of MCPS staff time trying to figure out ways to do it precisely the way you personally think is best.

No, no. I would rather talk to individual cafeteria managers to get a list of students (accounts) and pay. My idea is also to have a considerable number of people that I personally know and who donate, to start donating to this cause. The process has to be easy though.

There is no way they will give you a list, nor should they. As PP noted, the reason the highest needs schools are listed at zero is because no one pays at those schools so there is no debt.

[Anonymous]

I told my kids middle school to use left over lunch money to pay off others student debt. They said they did.

[Anonymous]

OP, go take your fake charity somewhere else.

You don't want to feed kids at schools you don't like?

You don't want to help parents who pay their school debts but are still struggling? You want to pay debts for people who run around running up bills and dine and dash? Maybe that money is going to buy drugs.

If you want to feed kids and don't trust the school system that feeds the kids, then give to a good bank or go knock on doors in deserving neighborhood.

Give or don't give. Don't make a whole drama production about who is good enough to give to

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can donate here: https://www.mcpsfoundation.org/pages/our-campaigns/dine-with-dignity-campaign

OK.

Don't want to pay to MCPS foundation. Want to directly pay to the school. Want all money to be used in the school of our choice that has the need. I am not going to pay for a W school because the non-payment is probably due to parents forgetting about putting money in.

Paying directly to your school is admirable. As for the W generalization, that statement is uncalled for. In a school of 3000 students, there are surely students on FARMS and others who have lunchroom debts.

Yes, you are right. I stand corrected and I apologize.

So how can we get the information that there are x number of students in ABC school and some have more debt and some less? I am envisioning that each donor would want to sponsor some whole number of kids to wipe out the debt as well as top off their lunch money accounts. I am sure that some kids have more debt than others.

Unless you are planning to donate a truly huge amount of money, just donate through the foundation rather than wasting a bunch of MCPS staff time trying to figure out ways to do it precisely the way you personally think is best.

No, no. I would rather talk to individual cafeteria managers to get a list of students (accounts) and pay. My idea is also to have a considerable number of people that I personally know and who donate, to start donating to this cause. The process has to be easy though.

They don't need you wasting their time on your narcissistic self-validating BS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can donate here: https://www.mcpsfoundation.org/pages/our-campaigns/dine-with-dignity-campaign

OK.

Don't want to pay to MCPS foundation. Want to directly pay to the school. Want all money to be used in the school of our choice that has the need. I am not going to pay for a W school because the non-payment is probably due to parents forgetting about putting money in.

Paying directly to your school is admirable. As for the W generalization, that statement is uncalled for. In a school of 3000 students, there are surely students on FARMS and others who have lunchroom debts.

Yes, you are right. I stand corrected and I apologize.

So how can we get the information that there are x number of students in ABC school and some have more debt and some less? I am envisioning that each donor would want to sponsor some whole number of kids to wipe out the debt as well as top off their lunch money accounts. I am sure that some kids have more debt than others.

Unless you are planning to donate a truly huge amount of money, just donate through the foundation rather than wasting a bunch of MCPS staff time trying to figure out ways to do it precisely the way you personally think is best.

No, no. I would rather talk to individual cafeteria managers to get a list of students (accounts) and pay. My idea is also to have a considerable number of people that I personally know and who donate, to start donating to this cause. The process has to be easy though.

Wow. Way to make it really clear that you care way more about self-righteousness and feeling good about yourself than the actual well-being of MCPS kids and staff.

The whole point of the foundation is to actually help MCPS kids (fairly across the district, not based on the whims of whatever individual donors prefer) while saving overworked underpaid MCPS staff from dealing with dozens of people like you harassing them for details. It is easy. If this was actually about the kids you would just click the donation button and be done with it. But it's not about the kids, it's about your ego. Gross.