Donor Erases School Lunch Debt For High Point Students

Some local parents will be sending their kids back to school with a sense of relief after a donation erased their school lunch debts.

The $10,500 donation applies to outstanding cafeteria debts in Guilford County's High Point schools.

The High Point Enterprise reports that the donor wishes to remain anonymous.

School Board Chairwoman Deena Hayes-Greene says families of those owing lunch debts will get letters saying those fees have been paid.

A school lunch in Guilford County costs less than $3 and those who qualify for free lunch pay 40 cents per meal. More than half the students in 17 of High Point's 23 traditional schools receive free lunch.

Hayes-Greene says there is still more than $30,000 in outstanding school lunch debt in the rest of the county.