School Offers Job To Cafeteria Worker It Fired For Feeding Needy Student
An Idaho school district has offered to rehire a cafeteria worker it fired last week, apparently for giving free food to a needy student.
A swift backlash overwhelmed Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25 after Dalene Bowden, a so-called lunch lady at Irving Middle School, revealed she'd been fired on Dec. 18, allegedly for giving a $1.70 hot lunch to a 12-year-old girl who couldn't afford it. Bowden said she offered to pay for the meal, but that her supervisor was still displeased.
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