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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What I worry most is that some FARM families may not realized they need to apply each year since last two years everyone received free lunches.[/quote]

There’s always been a lot of families that don’t realize they’re eligible. We should really be doing free lunches for all students.[/quote]

We should for need not kids who live in million dollar homes.  [/quote]

There's a point where it costs less to feed everybody than to figure out who is poor enough and only feed them. That's why some schools have free breakfast for all students, even the rich ones.[/quote]

Baltimore City schools has free breakfast and lunch for everyone. No forms to fill out. The only problem with this is the way they estimate poverty now. Instead of those income eligibility forms, they now use food stamp info. The problem with that is that undocumented people can't get food stamps so it makes the poverty rate seem a lot lower than it really is. Lower poverty rate means less funding for schools.[/quote]

The data that you are referring to only serves as one of four datasets.  Plus children of the undocumented are eligible for food stamps if they are born here.
https://www.census.gov/topics/income-poverty/poverty/guidance/survey-data-collection.html
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Would you apply for food stamps if you were illegal? Come on. Think! Even if their kids were born here, most illegal immigrants are not going to apply. They are scared. When illegal immigrants are arrested in my school's neighborhood, kids don't show up to school for a while. Their parents won't send them on field trips either. They won't allow them to be bussed to other schools for special programs. [/quote]

Are you kidding?  Are you new to MCPS?

Undocumented families absolutely do apply for free food programs.  [/quote]

They don't in my district. [/quote]

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