Literally everyone in this comment section is missing “regardless of the individual eligibility of each student”. Everyone is getting hysterical over something that isn’t even in the cards.
Of course a lot of kids rely on free school lunches and they aren’t trying to take that away. They’re trying to restrict free lunches to kids with parents who are actually incapable of feeding them. If parents can afford food for their kids, feed your fucking kids.
I’m admittedly not familiar with how the program works but I suspect that “totally bulletproof and unbiased eligibility criteria that can’t / won’t be weaponized against specific people groups” isn’t something that it guarantees
Of course. I don’t think it’s a good idea. I think the people making this decision either don’t consider how many kids fall through the cracks, or simply cover their ass with the refrain I made myself- meaning that if their parents don’t feed them they simply don’t care. I just find it seriously frustrating how political discourse is at the point where everyone’s immediate reaction is “Oh they want kids to starve”, which is almost certainly not how they think of it. It’s so much better to just point out that some will, and why. Value judgements rarely change anyone’s mind unless they’re positive.
Literally everyone in this comment section is missing “regardless of the individual eligibility of each student”. Everyone is getting hysterical over something that isn’t even in the cards.
Of course a lot of kids rely on free school lunches and they aren’t trying to take that away. They’re trying to restrict free lunches to kids with parents who are actually incapable of feeding them. If parents can afford food for their kids, feed your fucking kids.
I’m admittedly not familiar with how the program works but I suspect that “totally bulletproof and unbiased eligibility criteria that can’t / won’t be weaponized against specific people groups” isn’t something that it guarantees
Of course. I don’t think it’s a good idea. I think the people making this decision either don’t consider how many kids fall through the cracks, or simply cover their ass with the refrain I made myself- meaning that if their parents don’t feed them they simply don’t care. I just find it seriously frustrating how political discourse is at the point where everyone’s immediate reaction is “Oh they want kids to starve”, which is almost certainly not how they think of it. It’s so much better to just point out that some will, and why. Value judgements rarely change anyone’s mind unless they’re positive.