Wyoming school district faces food service deficit

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By The Associated Press

Story Published: Nov 6, 2009 at 2:38 PM MDT

Story Updated: Nov 6, 2009 at 2:38 PM MDT

CASPER, WYOMING - Students at Casper's Centennial Junior High School use fingerprint scanners and computerized cash registers in the school cafeteria.

That means there's no obvious way to tell who's getting federal assistance or who doesn't have enough money in his account to pay for the $2.25 meal.

The school won't turn a hungry child away, so sometimes the principal or lunch worker picks up the tab, and sometimes the charges stack up. Natrona County School District Food Service Director Mike Pyska says the district is owed more than $60,000 in unpaid meals.

The district has no policy on how much a student may charge, and Pyska says that puts the district between a rock and a hard place.

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