I am writing in response to the Oct. 19 letter to the editor written by Mary Thompson concerning lunch procedures at Moniteau School District. Also, after reading the front page article in the Butler Eagle on Oct. 21, I decided that I needed to vent also.

Mary Thompson has a right to be upset, but her grandchild, at least, received a sandwich and carrots. Mine did not.

My grandson was told his account was overdrawn, and then his food tray was taken out of his hands.

He was not offered a sandwich. He went hungry.

The article quotes a school official saying that there have to be policies and procedures. Shouldn't that also apply to the school district?

My grandson's parents never received a letter stating their son's account was overdrawn, which the district says is its policy.

And computer problems that some school officials blamed on the problem — what does that have to do with not feeding a child? Does that mean there could have been a computer glitch and the child had money in their account? Or was the glitch that the computer did not send out the letters to parents?

And to think a school district refuses a child food, just because the child is $6 overdrawn.