Lunch shaming: Schools condone form of bullying

Re: “’Lunch shaming’ activist erasing Tacoma school debts,” (TNT, 5/21).

What a wonderful idea to help these students. Kudos to Jeff Lew for raising funds to pay off their lunch bills.

The issue I want to address is not the help these students have received, but what the schools are doing to the children. That’s not shaming; it is bullying. These children are being singled out for ridicule. Bullying in the school system is against the law.

I hope parents get a clue and start paying for their childrens’ lunches if they are financially able to do so, but I’d also like to see schools who do this punished and “shamed.”

This story was originally published June 8, 2017 at 8:58 AM with the headline "Lunch shaming: Schools condone form of bullying."