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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So by this premise should all kids receive "free" food throughout the school year? That way nobody is missed. What about schools where breakfast isn't served at all?[/quote]
  
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[b]Who isn't serving breakfasts in FCPS? [/b]

As an aside, there is a federal program where all students in a district, regardless of need, can receive free breakfasts and lunches, but those are very high poverty communities. This is a great idea for a number of reasons. [/quote]

There are schools in FCPS that don't serve breakfast. My DS's school doesn't.
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The vast majority do. Only 20 in the entire county don't (and I highly doubt those are in high FARMS areas.)[/quote]

Right. So it is accurate to say that there are schools that don't serve breakfast.

So if the idea is to make sure that all students receive a healthy meal, why not serve breakfast at all schools? Our elementary has ~6% FARMS. Why do they have to go without?[/quote]

I agree with you, and I think all FARMS kids at the very least should have access to free breakfast, but I'm not sure exactly what that has to do with the FEEDS program. Breakfast should absolutely be offered at all schools, but just because it isn't, doesn't mean the lunch program is a sham. Six percent FARMS is incredibly low.[/quote]

[b]What it has to do with the FEEDS program is the students who make up that 6% are nowhere near a school with the summer program. Perhaps the program should be expanded to all areas of the county so that it reaches all FARMS students.[/b][/quote]

:roll: There are actually USDA sponsored free breakfast and lunch sites all over the place. In low income areas they tend to require no proof of hardship, in the richer areas they are for low income families only. Expanding the barbecue program is probably not practical or cost effective, but rest assured there IS food available everywhere, even for the 6% in your school. You're still conflating apples and oranges, though. The issue of not having a breakfast program at your school is a separate issue from a FEEDS site nearby. The FEEDS sites are limited and aren't based on where a breakfast program exists, or there would be 176 of them. [/quote]

Ok. I understand there may be a USDA sponsored free breakfast/lunch site nearby (I don't know where, but I'll take your word for it), but in my last post I did separate FEEDS from the breakfast program during the school year. I was simply wondering what that 6% does for food if the FEEDS site isn't nearby.

If there is "food available everywhere, even for the 6%...in the richer areas" not located near a FEEDS site, then is the FEEDS program not necessary?
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