The parents claiming they didn’t know is a load of you know what. These days, the lunch account is online so the parents have 24/7 access to it and know when they need to add to it. Just like their kids’ grades and attendance is online so they have no excuse they didn’t know Johnny was failing or skipped school. Every parent knows that X amount will last X long. Same as it was last year. Same as it was the year before. Same as it was with all the siblings. It’s not rocket science. One of their Starbucks will pay for 2 lunches.
Well, aren’t you tech savy. In my case, my son forgot to turn in his check, he had his lunch taken away. I don’t use the school online accounts, too many data breaches going on, had one in my county with the emergency information database.
In anyrate, It was his fault, he left the check in his backpack and he learned a lesson.