What School Lunches Look Like In 20 Countries Around The World

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According to a 2007 estimate, the median income for a household in the city was $57,189, and the median income for a family was $93,297.[19] Males had a median income of $50,789 versus $40,623 for females. The per capita income for the city was $30,477. About 8.3% of families and 20.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.4% of those under age 18 and 7.9% of those age 65 or over.

It's obviously not an impoverished district, and it's also not big. But it's not Newport Beach or Bel-Air or Marin, either. 20% of the population lives below the poverty line. This isn't a question of affluence but rather interest. And access. And, as I said, a certain "earth mother" attitude that has always existed there. I'm not sure at all that it would be replicable in a school district such as my own, which has 400,000 students, 87% of whom live in poverty (Chicago), with a cold climate. But there is no question that school lunches even in this situation could be vastly improved.