A mother has told how she is being "torn apart" by the sentencing scheme which has left her son locked up for 14 years.
15.09.2022 - 12:19 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Pupils at a north Manchester high school are missing dinner because the canteen is so busy, parents claim. One parent of a child at Co-op Academy on Plant Hill Road in Higher Blackley said her son often has just a cookie or doughnut for his lunch as that's all that's left by the time he gets to the front of the queue.
Another said it's taking her daughter so long to get to the front of the lunch queue that when she's chosen her meal there's not enough time to eat. The school says that following consultation with parents dinner-time has been extended to 40 minutes to give children more time to eat, adding that wait times can often be longer at the start of a school year as new pupils settle in.
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Charlotte Lockwood, who has a daughter in Y8, said: "Sometimes she's been getting her dinner, but then they are telling her she's not got enough time to eat it. Sometimes she's not even bothering to queue up because she knows there isn't enough time.
"As soon as she gets home she's starving. It needs to be a lot more organised. A lot of parents are saying the same thing.
"Some parents can't afford to feed their kids at home, so this is the only meal they're getting."
Becky Andrews, whose son is in Y10, said: "He's been having a biscuit or a doughnut, because the queues are so long that by the time he gets to the front that's all that's left. He's coming home from school absolutely exhausted.
"He's lightheaded, because he's had nothing to eat. I don't know how they expect kids to concentrate without eating."
Jo, the parent of a Y9 pupil said: "They haven't got enough time to their dinner because the queues are so long and when they do get to the front there's
A mother has told how she is being "torn apart" by the sentencing scheme which has left her son locked up for 14 years.
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