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[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]

No, we shouldn’t. My kids don’t need it. We can afford food. Many can’t. Give them better food than the crap free for all. [/quote]

This.  My 2 cents for MCPS 
- Increase the threshold for eligibility for FARMS.  Make it multi-tiered based on student preference for payment.  Some families don't want to take free food but won't mind a very subsidized payment. 
- Improve food quality and make it more healthy
- Allow the community to sponsor meals.

I would gladly donate $$$ for the food program and I do not have students in MCPS anymore. [/quote]

Mcps has a donation program.  Stop with the fake concern.  [/quote]

NP.  Is this true? I had never heard of a donation program. Would you mind linking to this? [/quote]

We're in Howard County, but we can donate through MySchoolBucks.  Pre-pandemic and the free food program, I would usually load the kids' MySchoolBucks account with $100 at a time.  At the end of the school year, I would email the program coordinator and tell them to donate the balance of the kids accounts.  They take the money and they apply it to accounts that are in arrears and have been for some time.   When the school year starts, I put in $100 per child again.  I did this for each of the 3 years prior to the pandemic.[/quote]

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