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students at school from 7 or 8 in the morning till 4:30 in the late afternoon would get mighty hungry waiting for a parent to drop by who works all day.
Huh? You act as if it's not normal for kids to be engaged in something until 4 or 5pm in the evening.
lots of folks eat dinner at 5. over 21 million low income kids rely on school food. if that late "lunch/dinner" at school is all they get for the evening you would begrudge because they were an hour early from your dinner time?
the cited dinner time here was 4:30, despite your 7-in-the-morning parental references
students at school from 7 or 8 in the morning till 4:30 in the late afternoon would get mighty hungry waiting for a parent to drop by who works all day.
My middle school aged children get on the bus at 6:20, and with after school sports/activities, I don't pick them up sometimes until 4:30-5:00. I do this really novel thing- I pack them lunch and a snack for after school. (Actually they pack it themselves, I just make sure we have a slew of healthy lunch food and snacks in the house).
And then they come home and I feed them a healthy dinner. I know, it's a shocking concept that parents care for their own children.
My middle school aged children get on the bus at 6:20, and with after school sports/activities, I don't pick them up sometimes until 4:30-5:00. I do this really novel thing- I pack them lunch and a snack for after school. (Actually they pack it themselves, I just make sure we have a slew of healthy lunch food and snacks in the house).
And then they come home and I feed them a healthy dinner. I know, it's a shocking concept that parents care for their own children.
Jeez who cares? A year of this would still cost less than one day of the first lady's next vacation.
Hungry kids deserve to be fed.
Guess quite a few here never grew up hungry.
Huh? You act as if it's not normal for kids to be engaged in something until 4 or 5pm in the evening.
Are you this out of touch with reality?
of course it's normal. it is also "normal" to eat something during that length of time as well. it is a known fact kids learn more when they have enough food to eat. hunger in america is a big problem, begrudging children a 3 dollar meal seems petty and cheap. if you want america to remain relevant and a top economy you need children who are educated. we spend billions on war, but won't feed our own hungry?
lots of people don't want us to do squat about the girls kidnapped in nigeria, apparently you and others like you don't even want to help children in your own country. pitiful. truly.
Jeez who cares? A year of this would still cost less than one day of the first lady's next vacation.
Hungry kids deserve to be fed.
Guess quite a few here never grew up hungry.
If ever there was a clear and unquestionable indication that the United States of America is on the downhill slide, it would be that of a government agency providing free supper for children at their local schools.
Jobs? Not enough.
Welfare? Not enough.
Food stamps? Not enough.
Deny it all you want.....this great country is dying a slow death by a trillion paper cuts.
yeah god forbid the property taxes i pay go to feed my children at school!
I rather they go to some Israeli commando.
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it is a known fact kids learn more when they have enough food to eat. hunger in america is a big problem, begrudging children a 3 dollar meal seems petty and cheap. if you want america to remain relevant and a top economy you need children who are educated. we spend billions on war, but won't feed our own hungry? 