Michigan Schools to provide free breakfast and lunch to all student K-12

[Johnny2X2X]

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/michigan/2023/07/24/michigan-public-schools-to-offer-free-breakfast-lunch-to-all-students/

Dems in Michigan doing right by children. And this had to get some Republican votes too, Whitmer has worked with the GOP very well for almost 5 years now.

[NoMoreRepugs]

1. The Michigan experiment vs the Wisconsin experiment.

What a difference.

[Johnny2X2X]

2. This is a huge deal

Hunger in schools is a huge predictor of poor school performance. My SIL teaches at a rural (ish) school in West Michigan, not the type of area you'd associate with hunger, but kids come in hungry and poorly clothed every day, and not just poor kids. Getting nutrituous food into their bellies gives them a chance to have a prodeuctive day at school each day.

[MichMan]

3. Are they starting the school day earlier for the breakfast?

[Johnny2X2X]

4. No

Schools have already had breakfast available for years. Just show up before class starts and there's breakfast in the cafeteria. Nothing changes.

This is great really, and it's not going to just help poor kids, there are plenty of kids who aren't poor at all whose parents send them to school hungry and without a way to eat. Ensuring healthy meals twice a day will improve school performance for everyone.

[MichMan]

10. Don't have any kids, so wasn't sure how early they normally arrived at school

When I was in school, it didn't seem like we got there much before classs started.

Went to a inner city school for a few years that had cross district bussing for integration, so we were on the bus quite a long period of time every morning.

[Initech]

5. Hey swing voters!

Vote for the party that wants to give your kids free lunch vs the party that doesn’t care if your kids come home in a body bag. I know which one I’d choose!

[Johnny2X2X]

6. Dems vs GOP

Republicans want to ban books

Democrats want to ban childhood hunger.

[Initech]

9. Another one:

Democrats: want to end mass shootings

Republicans: want to end child labor laws so their billionaire buddies can make more billions

[roamer65]

7. Proud yet again to be a Michigander!

The Big Gretch and our legislature are doing us proud.

[Aristus]

8. The Healthy Kids Party vs the Lunch Debt Party. I know who I'm voting for.

[Initech]

11. Another democrats vs GOP:

Democrats: Want your kids to get a proper education

Republicans: Want to ban books because there might be icky porn / gender stuff (because our church only says that two sexes exist), and mess with your child's cirruculum because god told them to, and god forbid anyone has an independent thought not manufactured by Rupert Murdoch.

[yardwork]

12. This is the right thing to do.

Every state could do this. The return on investment would be huge.

Go, Michigan.

[Takket]

13. Elections have consequences

In Michigan we turned the State House blue and now kids have food to eat, women control their bodies, LGBTQ have protections… etc etc

Blue states get it done!!!

[Johnny2X2X]

14. And jobs

Whitmer has attracted a ton of manufacturing business to Michigan. The Democratic Party is hitting it out of the park here since getting full control.

And the damned roads are getting fixed!

[MichMan]

15. I assume this won't affect SNAP benefits.

With children eating 50% of their meals away from home for free.