In a video shared to his mom’s Facebook, Daken had challenged “friends, family and local businesses to donate what they can to this cause.”

If they’re required to be there by law it’s inhumane to charge them money for food.

”Children in elementary school should not have debt tied to their name. We have found out that there are high schools that keep seniors from attending prom or walking at graduation if they have stuff like student lunch debt,” Kramer said. “Some families can’t help it. They can’t pay it off.”

In case anyone had any doubts that the cruelty is the point. Stratify children based on their socioeconomic status at the earliest possible opportunity.