A Cherry Creek School District in Denver, CO has caused quite a stir after breaking the law.
When we hear about school faculty breaking the law, it's our gut reaction to think about the safety of our children. But what if breaking the law is the only way to ensure that students are treated fairly?
We entrust schools to be responsible with our kids and yet, things like a school bus driver leaving a 6-year-old girl in the middle of the street happen every day.
At Cherry Creek School District, injustice isn't happening on the school bus, but rather in the school cafeteria.
Della Curry was fired for doing what probably anyone of us would have did in her situation.
"I'll own that I broke the law. The law needs to change," Curry told CBS News.
So, what did Curry do to get fired? The lunch lady often paid for students lunches when they couldn't afford it.
In the Cherry Creek School District, when students don't have money for lunch, they receive one slice of cheese on a plain hamburger bun and a carton of milk.
With only one meal a day in a seven-hour school period, the small sandwich is hardly enough.
"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 said.
A healthy meal seems like it should be a given in any public school. It certainly begs the question, why don't the tax dollars that go to maintain the public school system and provide other materials for students cover lunch?
See what the former lunch lady has to say about the system in the video below.
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