US teacher asks TikTok to help crush his students’ lunch debt. He got ‘insane’ response


Jones’ video got more than five million views as of Feb 22 and seemed to strike a chord with many who grappled with lunch debt in their childhood. — Image by jcstudio on Freepik

A Utah teacher was left stunned after he asked TikTok to help crush his middle school students’ lunch debt.

Inspired by the idea of raising money to wipe out the debt, Garrett Jones talked to the cafeteria staff at Rocky Mountain Middle School in Heber City to figure out exactly how much was owed.

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