The link below leads to an article that offers what appears to be a solid solution to a growing problem, but I perceive otherwise. The child featured in this article is already on the federally funded lunch program, yet he was denied lunch. The child said the lunch lady told him, ‘Guess what, you can’t have a lunch.’ The individual who spoke in this manner to an elementary aged child in front of classmates should not be working with children. The "solution" proposed in many cities is to simply provide meals for all the children, regardless of income. It seems those who fall outside of income eligibility limits could be covered, but the truth of the matter is, THERE IS NO FREE LUNCH. The school system has become nothing more than an institution to program our youth. The federal government has already mandated changes in the school lunches, as well as becoming prohibitive for children to bring lunch from home.
Giving more power to a system which openly bullies children and takes their lunches from them, is not a reasonable answer to the problem!
http://thinkprogress.org/education/2014/11/22/3596022/school-lunch-denied/
