So, as far as the food part goes - I know from accidentally forgetting to pack a lunch, because the wife and I thought the other had made put it in the backpack already, that there is some emergency cache of food at the schools that they can give to kids in a situation where they don't have anything. It might depend on the school, but these are public school they attend. Lunch room supervisors should ideally be on this and have noticed whether this is a trend or just a one-off thing.
For breakfast or dinner that's tricky.
Question though - from my knowledge, on these "fun lunch" days, children that don't have their own lunch or can't pay, are still allowed to participate and have pizza or whatever the food is for that day. Why was the child not eating anything?
The rotting lunch is sad though. I don't think a parent would knowingly pack something like that, but to not routinely check that the bags seems careless.
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