CEO Claims Pennsylvania Schools Rejected His Offer to Cover Cost of Late Lunch Bills

CEO Claims Pennsylvania Schools Rejected His Offer to Cover Cost of Late Lunch Bills
Todd Carmichael, chief executive and co-founder of Philadelphia-based La Colombe Coffee, speaks to the media in Philadelphia on Nov. 30, 2017. Matt Rourke/AP Photo
Isabel van Brugen
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A week after a Pennsylvania school district sent out threatening letters to parents over unpaid school lunches, a CEO has claimed it refused his offer to pay off their debt.

When Wyoming Valley West School District sent parents a warning letter last week saying their children could end up in foster care if they failed to pay their overdue lunch bills, 55-year-old Todd Carmichael decided to step in.

Isabel van Brugen
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Isabel van Brugen is an award-winning journalist. She holds a master's in newspaper journalism from City, University of London.
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