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Reply to "s/o Why are parents around here so worried about kids who receive free lunch?"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Let's be clear about the income guidelines here. According to the MCPS website, a family of 4 qualifies for FARMS if their income is below $41,000 per year. As a comparison, the median family income in the United States according to Wikipedia is $45,000 per year. So the children getting FARMS in this area are not necessarily abjectly poor.[/quote] Nobody here cares what the national median income is, because we don't live in West Texas, Utah or Ellsworth, Maine. We care about what it costs to live .... here. Where we actually live. Where we have to pay rent, buy gas, insure a car, buy food or see a doctor. The median family income in MONTGOMERY COUNTY is ~$96,000. So, yeah, a family of four making less than half of that is poor.[/quote]
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