God, this just brings me back. We had "reduced" lunch. The fucking lunch lady never let me forget it. I had 3 brothers and 2 sisters. My dad was a cop. He worked crazy hours. He had lost a son 2 years prior (otherwise , I'd have 4 brothers).
It was first grade and the lunch lady told me that my mother needed to stop having babies because, collectively, we owed almost $2.00.
I felt too "dirty" to eat. So I didn't. That continued for weeks. Until I passed out.
These people have no idea what they're doing to these children.
And yes, I fucking took my Harvard degree and put it in her face years later. Fuck. That. Noise.
Wow. That lunch lady should have been fired for that. That is so inappropriate. Good for you for getting a degree and showing her.