The school is now participating in the federal Community Eligibility Provision. All of Fredericksburg and Caroline schools, and some of Stafford and Spotsy schools already participate.
Good that they do, but still why not do it at all of them?
Why a means test. at all?
A student that is poor in a community where only 10% of the children are poor is still poor, right?
And just as at risk of being hungry.
Why not just say that it's in our best interests for all of our children to have full bellies when they are in school?
For that matter, why not just say it's in our best interests for all of our children to have full bellies all of the time?
Maybe Hillary wouldn't that far off the mark when she said that it takes a village to raise a child.
I get it, it may not be the Christian thing to do, at least as defined by those with upside down $60 Bibles and their mindless followers whose biggest concern is welfare for billionaires; but it's probably what Christ would do.
Still, good news. Wish it were better. It should be better. We should demand better.
Good that they do, but still why not do it at all of them?
Why a means test. at all?
A student that is poor in a community where only 10% of the children are poor is still poor, right?
And just as at risk of being hungry.
Why not just say that it's in our best interests for all of our children to have full bellies when they are in school?
For that matter, why not just say it's in our best interests for all of our children to have full bellies all of the time?
Maybe Hillary wouldn't that far off the mark when she said that it takes a village to raise a child.
I get it, it may not be the Christian thing to do, at least as defined by those with upside down $60 Bibles and their mindless followers whose biggest concern is welfare for billionaires; but it's probably what Christ would do.
Still, good news. Wish it were better. It should be better. We should demand better.