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
In Sweden all children in the school years that are mandatory gets free lunches everyday of school.
They need good food to be able to do the school work and it’s easier for parents too. Plus it equalises different families means to supply lunch either from financial or nutritional view.
Here’s a link to the government program: https://www.livsmedelsverket.se/en/food-habits-health-and-environment/maltider-i-vard-skola-och-omsorg/skola
And here’s a little film on how it can be in a small school in the archipelago: https://youtu.be/BxNN-Ul2cvI
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