I am going to school at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in California. Like I said in the title, I am questioning some legal actions with the meal plans at the school.
Contract - Dining Plan - Campus Dining - Cal Poly Corporation
Here is the site for the meal contract and policy. Sidenote: meals are $7, $9, $12.50, and $8.50 respectively and accordingly with breakfast, lunch, dinner, and late-dinner.
The issue at hand: my main concern is that the meal credits do not roll over after the end of the week, hence the loss of meal plans and the money put into it; we are required to purchase one of the three meal plans. The school's policies and hours are against all the students: we are not allowed to use more than one dining credit per meal, hence not allowing us to make up the loss at the end of the week (i.e. if we skipped meals, dined elsewhere, or cooked). On top of that, the cafeterias close early on days when students are trying to cut their losses by eating late-dinners (we have breakfast, lunch, dinner, and a late-dinner: all of which use 1 dining credit).
The policies force us to purchase an outrageous amount of meal credits, that if not used, would go to waste at the end of the week. I, like many of the students here, don't end up using all my meal credits. Like this week for example, I had 3 meal credits that I did not use, which would add up to $37.50 maximally. If I multiply that by the number of freshman living on campus (~3000) the total would be $112,500 weekly that students are getting food for. There is no refund policy and as it states, "Unused Dining Credits are forfeited when the Plan resets each week. There are no substitutions or refunds for missed meals, either on a weekly or quarterly basis."
I was wondering if I had any legal grounds in trying to change things. I am no lawyer and am no law student, but I do believe to know what is wrong and unjust.
Thank you!
Contract - Dining Plan - Campus Dining - Cal Poly Corporation
Here is the site for the meal contract and policy. Sidenote: meals are $7, $9, $12.50, and $8.50 respectively and accordingly with breakfast, lunch, dinner, and late-dinner.
The issue at hand: my main concern is that the meal credits do not roll over after the end of the week, hence the loss of meal plans and the money put into it; we are required to purchase one of the three meal plans. The school's policies and hours are against all the students: we are not allowed to use more than one dining credit per meal, hence not allowing us to make up the loss at the end of the week (i.e. if we skipped meals, dined elsewhere, or cooked). On top of that, the cafeterias close early on days when students are trying to cut their losses by eating late-dinners (we have breakfast, lunch, dinner, and a late-dinner: all of which use 1 dining credit).
The policies force us to purchase an outrageous amount of meal credits, that if not used, would go to waste at the end of the week. I, like many of the students here, don't end up using all my meal credits. Like this week for example, I had 3 meal credits that I did not use, which would add up to $37.50 maximally. If I multiply that by the number of freshman living on campus (~3000) the total would be $112,500 weekly that students are getting food for. There is no refund policy and as it states, "Unused Dining Credits are forfeited when the Plan resets each week. There are no substitutions or refunds for missed meals, either on a weekly or quarterly basis."
I was wondering if I had any legal grounds in trying to change things. I am no lawyer and am no law student, but I do believe to know what is wrong and unjust.
Thank you!
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