Lunch lady fired for giving free lunch to hungry student

POCATELLO — Last week, Dalene Bowden, a food service worker at Irving Middle School, was placed on leave after she gave a free hot lunch to a 12-year-old girl who said she was hungry and didn’t have any money.

Bowden has now received a registered letter from the Pocatello/Chubbuck School District informing her that she has been fired.

The brief, one-page letter was signed by District 25 Director of Human Resources Susan Petit. It states that Bowden was dismissed due to her theft of school district property and inaccurate transactions when ordering, receiving and serving food.

Bowden’s story garnered hundreds of comments on social media and an online petition was launched Saturday demanding that Bowden be reinstated as a lunch lady at Irving.

No Child Left Behind.....unless they are hungry! She did the right thing, she did the humanly thing! What if a child drops their tray and doesn't have money for a 2nd does that student also get to go hungry that day? Makes you feel like robots run this school district because anyone with a soul would have done this.

watch out...coffee lady might get fired too for giving you all that free coffee 8)

i pay

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we are talking about coffee, Chair...not other things you pay for!! 

only you pay ;D

weellllllll, altho it is indeed a good deed, she should have paid from her pocket.  however you look at it, it can be construed as stealing, Robin Hood style.

hmmmmmmmmmm  interesting take

2 threads including a Poll ....hhhmmm  ::LOL::

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Never!!  8)