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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Seems to me they do very little checking to see who legitimately does or doesn't qualify, so that "75%-90%" number could well be made up. No, it DOESN'T make sense to just figure on feeding them all for free. What about parents who make their kids lunches for allergy reasons or other dietary reasons? What about those who can and should perfectly well pay their own way for a school lunch? And doesn't it foster a culture of unrealistic expectation, where there's a free lunch to be expected everywhere?[/quote] In practice, in my experience working in schools that offer free lunch to everyone, the high SES kids all bring their lunch from home rather than eat the school lunch. And I agree that school lunch is far preferable than some of the absolute junk (cold French fries from the corner take out and a Lil' Hug drink is my favorite example of a lunch I saw a girl bring to school) that some of the kids bring in. [/quote]
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