A third grader in Napa, California, used his allowance to pay off the school lunch debt of his entire third grade class, to the tune of about $75.
This third grader erased his class’ school lunch debt — but he shouldn’t have had to
Nine-year-old Ryan Kyote paid off the school lunch debt of his entire third grade class, an amount of $74.50 — and he did it using the allowance money he’d been saving., he wanted to find out how much his school owed after his mom told him about the issue of school lunch debt. The whole school had a debt of $700, which was out of Ryan’s budget. But his class owed just about $75, an amount that he could take on in his own small way.
“So, I took that email and came to Ryan and said, ‘What do you want to do?’ He said, ‘I guess I can pay for it.’ I said, ‘Are you sure?’ He said, ‘Yes,’” Ryan’s mom, Kylie Kirkpatrick, said.“I thought it was a cool idea,” Kirkpatrick,“I want him to give back.” She also said that normally, Ryan saves up his allowance to buy sports equipment, as he’s active in everything from football to basketball to soccer to ballet.
The staff at the school district office were surprised, but happily took the money, which Kirkpatrick pulled from Ryan’s savings account. Then his mom took a picture of him beaming and holding the receipt. “It’s a wonderful way of thinking about other people. I’m proud to have him as a student,” West Park Principal Amye Scott told KGO., as school systems struggle with large food-related debts and families struggle to have enough money to pay for their kids to eat lunch.
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