Badtux the Snarky PenguinJun 20, 2023

At the rural school district I last worked at, we had 1500 students, of whom 1,000 were free lunch and 500 were not. The cost of personnel (an entire department!), computers, and software for vetting students to make sure those 500 didn't get free lunch cost more than the cost of simply feeding them, already.

The GOP jihad about preventing those 500 from getting free lunch is not about taxes or expense, it's about being mean to children. #gop #antichild #school #lunch #meanness

Show threadchicatingJun 20, 2023
@badtux Somebody I talked to recently said he didn't trust the government to feed his kids and that maybe they'd make her eat them. Kinda nuts, right?
Show threadchicatingJun 20, 2023
@badtux his daughter eat the lunches...not really clear from what I wrote. Still, they're not *compulsory*, just there if you need 'em, right?
I did agree they needed to up their game w what was served...I mean, sure. But somehow doubt GOP objections are about getting better quality...
Show threadBadtux the Snarky PenguinJun 20, 2023
@chicating Regarding upping the game, if a child has dietary restrictions our school lunch program was always good about working around them, even to the point of creating different meals for certain children who had medical restrictions such as food allergies. This is required by Federal law and we complied with it.
Show threadchicatingJun 20, 2023
@badtux I'm sincerely glad to know about that...I did not, although you *hope* someone would do those things...
Show threadBadtux the Snarky Penguin

@chicating It's actually part of the ADA, Americans with Disability Act, that school lunch programs must accomodate disabilities, and that those disabilities include medically verifiable food allergies.

https://www.fns.usda.gov/cn/modifications-accommodate-disabilities-school-meal-programs

Jun 20, 2023 at 10:28pmWeb
Show threadchicatingJun 20, 2023
@badtux For a disabled person, I can be under-informed about ADA,