Students in four Georgia public school districts will get their lunch debts paid after a $1 million donation from the Arby's Foundation.

Over 7,000 students in Georgia with unpaid lunch balances are getting a helping hand following a $1 million initiative from the Arby’s Foundation, the nonprofit announced Thursday.

  • @[email protected]
    2•8 months ago

    They didn’t.

    A total of 7,413 students in four public school districts in the metro Atlanta area will get their unpaid lunch debts paid, according to Arby’s, which confirmed to “Good Morning America” Friday that it had finalized $203,534 in donations to City Schools of Decatur, Cobb County School District, Henry County School District and Fulton County School District. The foundation said the remaining nearly $800,000 will be earmarked for other schools across the country and is estimated to help over 47,000 students.

    • squiblet
      3•8 months ago

      So… an average of $27 per student in Atlanta area and $17 elsewhere. And the school districts can’t just tell students to not worry about it?

      • Drusas
        1•8 months ago

        Schools are underfunded, so it shouldn’t be up to them to shoulder the cost.