That’s basically what happens.
About 10 years ago, my son went to get his lunch and it turns out he had no funds. Negative funds actually, as you got to go 2 days in the red before they cut you off. So he was refused for lunch, but then forced to sit in lunch, next to his friends, who of course had lunch. As if high school doesn’t have enough horrible things to experience. Of course they shared, but that’s not the point - they took his tray away and told him to go sit down. After that, I made sure he always had months of funds in there, and checked weekly. I’m sure I was entitled to some refund after the school year but never even looked into it.
