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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago

https://www.10tv.com/article/news/nation-world/kids-could-end-foster-care-over-lunch-debt-school-district-warns-parents-2019-jul/530-1952542e-0f2c-4b3a-b6f0-a32de5dbce58

The Wyoming Valley West School District.

If you want the name of the person standing behind the letter,

Wyoming Valley West's lawyer, Charles Coslett, said he did not consider the letters to be threatening.

"Hopefully, that gets their attention and it certainly did, didn't it? I mean, if you think about it, you're here this morning because some parents cried foul because he or she doesn't want to pay a debt attributed to feeding their kids. How shameful," Coslett told WYOU-TV.

I'm having a hard time confirming it, but it looks like an Irvin DeRemer was the super while this occurred, but was replaced in the 2025 election.

It's also an empty threat,

Luzerne County's manager and child welfare agency director have written the superintendent, insisting the district stop making what they call false claims.