FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) - A crackdown on student meal debts is paying off for the Spotsylvania County school division.

Continue reading

The School Board warned parents earlier this year that students would be offered milk and a sandwich for lunch if they exceeded charge limits on their meal accounts.

Since the policy went into effect April 1, parents have paid nearly $29,000 in meal debts. School Board member Amanda Blalock tells The Free Lance-Star that the revised policy is working.

But board member Ray Lora says it's not working as long as there is a deficit.