America’s New School Lunch Policy: Punishing Hungry Students for Their Parents’ Poverty
There are few things as bad as a hungry child.
Hunched over an aching stomach as the school day creeps toward its end, one in six children go hungry in America today.
It’s harder to learn when you’re malnourished and in pain – especially for children.
Yet for many policymakers, nothing is as bad as feeding children and letting their parents avoid the bill.
About 75% of US school districts report students who end the year owing large sums for lunches, according to the School Nutrition Association. And of those districts, 40.2% said the number of students without adequate funds increased last school year.
Policymakers at the federal, state and school district level are finding new ways to force impoverished parents to pay for their children’s meals even if doing so means CONTINUE READING: America’s New School Lunch Policy: Punishing Hungry Students for Their Parents’ Poverty | gadflyonthewallblog
