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Universal Schools Meals
- Thread starter Salty
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The claim is that 1 in 6 children have "food insecurity."
The programs ideals:
1) Children are better able to learn when they are not hungry
2) The program would eliminate the stigma of poverty among those receiving food from the state
3) It would reduce the grocery costs for families of children
Fact:
One in five children in the U.S. have an obesity problem.
Hispanic and black children, and in particular, children in families with lower incomes are overly represented in the obese population.
My opinion:
This will take time, money, and attention away from the core components of the school curriculum.
Some time after implementation the program needs to be evaluated: Did the program significantly assist students to perform their educational skills better?
Yes, there would be a few whom the program would help.
But my guess is it would NOT be significantly beneficial to school programs in general.
Rob
The programs ideals:
1) Children are better able to learn when they are not hungry
2) The program would eliminate the stigma of poverty among those receiving food from the state
3) It would reduce the grocery costs for families of children
Fact:
One in five children in the U.S. have an obesity problem.
Hispanic and black children, and in particular, children in families with lower incomes are overly represented in the obese population.
My opinion:
This will take time, money, and attention away from the core components of the school curriculum.
Some time after implementation the program needs to be evaluated: Did the program significantly assist students to perform their educational skills better?
Yes, there would be a few whom the program would help.
But my guess is it would NOT be significantly beneficial to school programs in general.
Rob
Since most of the kids were getting free meals anyway, might as well give them to the kids whose parents pay taxes.
canadyjd
Well-Known Member
As long as no Federal Tax money is used to fund the program, then I’m all for the states giving everything their own taxpayers want to give to support it.
However, eventually they all go bankrupt without the bottomless pit of Federal tax payer money.
Pushing 40 trillion.
Peace to you
However, eventually they all go bankrupt without the bottomless pit of Federal tax payer money.
Pushing 40 trillion.
Peace to you