Farmington High School Students Plan Cafeteria Boycott

Update: More from the superintendent’s statement here.

Some students at Farmington High School have planned to boycott the school lunch program.

About 300 students have signed-up on a Facebook page to boycott meals served at the cafeteria next week.

The story was featured on NBC Connecticut. Chartwells runs the school cafeteria.

Several students in the NBC story complained that cafeteria workers would throw out food if a student didn’t have enough money in his or her account. Others complained on the Facebook page about the quality of meals.

Farmington Superintendent Kathleen Greider said in a statement that the high school has very favorable participation levels for its lunch program.

She also said that the school system respects student opinions and that administration is working with Chartwells and the students after several students complained that lunch workers would throw food away when students didn’t have enough money in their account.

Several concerned parents responded on the Farmington Patch Facebook page.

“My FHS student has found mold in her food and has been served rotten fruit,” said Patricia Russell Donelan. “She also has witnessed staff throwing food away because of lack of funds. I heard not one complaint from my kids before this service was put in place.”

She added that it’s time to replace the company because they’ve had long enough to prove themselves.

“They told my daughter to throw her yogurt out because she was out of funds, my daughter who has type one diabetes,” said Amy Case Rosenfield.

Image from Chartwells boycott Facebook page.

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