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I think it's a good idea to feed children in America, for the numerous reasons stated above.
Because... what are the alternatives? Let's look at a couple of real world examples:
Government or NGO sponsored: Syrian refugees, set up camps to house and feed those unable to provide food and shelter for themselves?
Free Market: Brazilian Favelas, lawless shanty towns?
Neither sounds like a better solution than providing lunch to a hungry student in Pahoa. Perhaps the people in charge of determining how many lunches to provide should sit in on a math class or two. Or does school attendance fluctuate that much from one day to the next?
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Yet they want to feed them all summer...
Federally funded of course..
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I looked at this yesterday & was wondering...if we are to write to anyone, wouldn't we need something more specific than on Sat.May 28th someone posted on Punaweb that there were no lunches at Keonepoko...
Maybe if we had something concrete like the dates that the school ran out of lunches & how many students were not able to receive a lunch & were turned away.
Little things like facts really do help when contacting officials with problems...
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Yet they want to feed them all summer...
Federally funded of course..
I agree, it's difficult to understand how some parents don't provide food for their own child. My mother & father fed three children three meals a day, plus snacks, each of us for 18 years, and more if you include college.
But look at the lines at the grocery store. Parents who can't figure out how to get enough food on their own also buy food with EBT. And even then they run out, because the checkout lines are jammed on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th of every month. The only way some children in East Hawaii can be sure they get lunch is if someone else provides it for them.
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quote:
Originally posted by Carey
I looked at this yesterday & was wondering...if we are to write to anyone, wouldn't we need something more specific than on Sat.May 28th someone posted on Punaweb that there were no lunches at Keonepoko...
Maybe if we had something concrete like the dates that the school ran out of lunches & how many students were not able to receive a lunch & were turned away.
Little things like facts really do help when contacting officials with problems...
Carey, no idea how many did not eat. Here are a couple posts from parents on 5/25, as the last time it happened. The school confirmed the statements made. FYI:
1)
Just read from a parents post that Keonepoko Elem . School ran out of food to serve all the students lunch. I'm really bothered to hear of these things going on!! I mean $3+ for the same maybe even ****ter school lunch then we had back in the day for 45 cents!!? Unreal and they need to fix that and feed all kids no matter what! I mean it's not their fault if no more money for eat especially at $3+ a meal!
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My son is in 6th grade said they ran out earlier and they waited sometime after so they can còok more. but the younger children had it worst, didn't get to eat at all. When they got home they were starving. They were so hungry they smashed two ft longs in seconds!
There's several more complaints posted on 5/25, but too long to post here. Hope this helps in writing or contacting appropriate State departments. FWIW.
ETA: Separate comments / BTW, this is not the only school having this problem. Keaukaha Elementary also has had the same thing happen several times this year, and they don't even have a kitchen to "cook more". SMH.
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Don't forget that any child who qualifies for free lunch also qualifies for free school breakfast, but those parents don't have to give any of that EBT back.
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A school cafeteria, running out of food, when they have nearly the same amount of students to feed every day, is pure incompetence on the part of the school.
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This was timely:
http://hawaiitribune-herald.com/news/loc...iki-summer
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"Starting in early June, keiki 18 and younger can head to at least 15 Big Island schools for a free breakfast and lunch.
The schools are participating in Seamless Summer Option, a federally funded summer food service program that aims to help low-income children continue receiving nutritious meals once school’s out.
To qualify, at least half of a school’s regularly enrolled students must qualify for free or reduced price lunches and also must offer some type of summer program on campus. In Hawaii County, an estimated 65 percent of students qualify for free lunch, statistics show, which is higher than any other county in the state."
and...
"Qualifying for the free lunch program during the year means students from low-income families — defined as $51,597 for a family of four — are eligible for free or low-cost nutritious meals. Earlier this year, the DOE announced it was expanding the federal Community Eligibility Provision program — that allows schools and school districts to serve the meals even if the students do not qualify for free or reduced-price meals — to every school in the KKP complex."
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Originally posted by leilanidude
A school cafeteria, running out of food, when they have nearly the same amount of students to feed every day, is pure incompetence on the part of the school.
You could be correct, but has anyone contacted the school to question why the shortage happened?
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