Posh London school’s ‘Austerity Day’ lunch turns stomachs on Twitter
A London private school’s ‘Austerity Day’ lunch has been met with a fierce response online, with many accusing the £24,000-a-year school of being tasteless and out of touch over the meal.
While St Paul’s Girls’ School in Hammersmith normally feeds its students the likes of duck leg confit and slow-baked Moroccan lamb, its idea of an austerity lunch is the same kind of food that students in non-fee paying schools across the country eat every day – baked potato, coleslaw, beans, and fruit.READ MORE: White pupils lag behind because they lack immigrant families’ ‘drive,’ Ofsted chief saysThe school tweeted about the lunch, served to raise money for charity, using a photograph of a white-gloved waiter serving three peas on a silver platter.“Today was the final Austerity Day of the year,” the tweet read. “Students and staff had baked potatoes, with beans and coleslaw, for lunch, with fruit for dessert. The money saved will be donated to the school’s charities.”Although the school so…
While St Paul’s Girls’ School in Hammersmith normally feeds its students the likes of duck leg confit and slow-baked Moroccan lamb, its idea of an austerity lunch is the same kind of food that students in non-fee paying schools across the country eat every day – baked potato, coleslaw, beans, and fruit.READ MORE: White pupils lag behind because they lack immigrant families’ ‘drive,’ Ofsted chief saysThe school tweeted about the lunch, served to raise money for charity, using a photograph of a white-gloved waiter serving three peas on a silver platter.“Today was the final Austerity Day of the year,” the tweet read. “Students and staff had baked potatoes, with beans and coleslaw, for lunch, with fruit for dessert. The money saved will be donated to the school’s charities.”Although the school so…