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12. School lunch cards
Sun Jun 29, 2025, 11:10 AM
Jun 2025

that every kid has to use, are a great innovation.

Note that I do not have kids that saw this system, but I heard that it's done that way in some places.

The WORST was being a kid with a "free lunch card" so everyone could see that.

Okay probably not actually the worst, but it is bad. One more thing for a kid to be shamed and bullied by.

If everyone has a card that looks the same, then no one knows that a certain kid is in the "free lunch" program.

Or better yet, at least in lower income districts, just make school lunch free for all the kids. And breakfast too.

I wonder how much it would cost the billionaire class just to feed all the kids 2 basic meals a day? I bet when their billions are added up, they could afford it.

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