This letter has caused quite a stir in the Luzerne County community.
A Pennsylvania school district is making headlines after threatening parents with foster care if they don’t pay theirLuzerne County school district sent a letter to parents who were delinquent on their lunch bills , warning if they, the school will be reporting them to dependency court which could result in their kids being removed from their homes.
The letter continues: “The result may be your child being taken from your home and placed in foster care.” The person who wrote the letter, director of federal programs Joseph Muth, says Wyoming Valley West is owed more than $22,000 from parents,“Foster care is to be utilized only when absolutely needed — when a child has been abused, is in need or has suffered a tragedy,”NBC News
“I have been employed for Luzerne County Children and Youth Services for 33 years. Never has this county removed a child from a home for unpaid bills and never will we,” Van Saun said.
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