I've always found this policy to be sad. My father was a business manager at a few different school systems - and always did away with this policy. He thought i

I've always found this policy to be sad. My father was a business manager at a few different school systems - and always did away with this policy. He thought it was unfair for children to be punished for their parents not having money. The alternative wasn't good - taking the parents to small claims court - but it was better than the brown bad lunch solution. I generally wish this sort of thing was just included or completely excluded.