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TheMick17 t1_j70en9w wrote

Free breakfast and lunch for all public school students who want it. Those who need the free meals are grateful.

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Animanialmanac t1_j70gmaw wrote

School lunches are federally funded.

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DfcukinLite t1_j70paj7 wrote

If thats true why isn’t it universally free at every school? But they definitely don’t fund both meals

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Animanialmanac t1_j71bcm6 wrote

The city started giving every student free lunch under the federal program in 2015 because it was easier than processing the applications for all the students, at the time the majority of students qualified based on their family income. They don’t collect family income information anymore, students in federal hill get the same access to free breakfast and lunch as students in Carrollton ridge.

https://www.baltimoresun.com/education/bs-md-ci-poverty-undercount-20180202-story.html

It’s not universally done because it doesn’t make sense to give federally funded free meals to students who aren’t needed. Baltimore mismanaged the federal funding.

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