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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There was a similar thread when MCPS discontinued universal free lunches.  Here is a link to that thread, as well as my thoughts on the subject, which I originally posted on that other thread.

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/legacy/posts/list/75/1065889.page

Really? Six pages and nobody’s quoted TANSTAAFL yet? Compared to the rest of my family, I don’t really qualify as a geek. I can’t believe I’m the only one who made this connection.

Seriously, though, I agree with the sentiment “There’s No Such Thing As A Free Lunch.”. While I absolutely agree we need to help those who need help and that no child in our county should go hungry, everything has an opportunity cost. The more we spend on free lunches, the less we can spend on other worthy causes, at least without increasing debt, which will eventually have its own consequences. I am fully capable of paying my children’s lunches. Sometimes they packed a lunch and other times they purchased the school lunch which, however poor the quality, was not terribly expensive to begin with. Moreover, while our family was comfortable, we’re nowhere near the high income end of Montgomery County, much less DCUM. I’m happy for MCPS to provide free lunches to lower income families and to set a higher qualifying income standard to cover more kids. I find it totally unnecessary, wasteful, and practically obscene to give charity to people who don’t need it when it could be used to help those who do.[/quote]

I agree.  There are limited funds.

MCPS should (and does) provide free lunch to those who need it.  It’s wasteful to provide free lunch to everyone.  And it also lowers the quality of the lunches.[/quote]

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