Joyce Park@killick @mekkaokereke I was just reading tweets from people who were complaining that free school meals were THEFT -- that is the word they used -- from middle class taxpayers because it's at least theoretically possible that a child of multimillionaires might also eat for free. This country can't even agree that there is no noble purpose to be served by forcing a child to go hungry at school.
Ben@troutgirl @killick @mekkaokereke this is such an alien concept to me. Surely, that multimillionaire is also paying into the fund that pays for those meals; why should their child not receive meals from the same counter as others? It's the lack of compassion that's just baffling—what benefit is there to doing this to people?
@troutgirl @killick @mekkaokereke I should note, in high school they went from free breakfasts during exams to free breakfasts for everyone, all year 'round… and it definitely improved first period attendance. Digging around, the whole district has it now.