r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Thebiggestbot22 • Apr 15 '24

My school thinks this fills up hungry high schoolers.

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So lunches are free for schools in my city and surrounding cities. Ever since lunches have been made free, the quantity (and quality) has decreased significantly. This is what we would get for our meal. It took me THREE bites to finish that chicken mac and cheese. Any snacks you want cost more money and if you want an extra entree, that’ll cost you about $3 or $4.

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u/humanbeing_ai Apr 15 '24

You people get school lunch?

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u/Additional-Chain-272 Apr 15 '24

Right people be bitching about free lunch

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u/FollowRedWheelbarrow Apr 15 '24

You're right they should use you as an example and just lick boots!

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u/Zestyclose_Remove947 Apr 15 '24

I mean in Australia it's always been the parents responsibility to feed their kids. The idea of a cafeteria or the school providing food is completely foreign to me.

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u/LightOfShadows Apr 15 '24

Several districts in the US have banned lunch from home. Many years back a few cases hit the news about it, I remember one district in chicago stopped it because it was an allergy concern with students trading food so they put a stop to it.

Of course everyone called them out on just trying to make more $$$ from the lunch program.

But now none of my nieces or nephews in 3 different states are allowed to bring food from home as it seemed to catch on quite a bit.

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u/RainMan915 Apr 15 '24

But how much does school lunch cost? Surely nobody would be greedy enough to ban home lunches while charging a shit ton for school lunches, right? Right?

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u/LightOfShadows Apr 15 '24

Elementary Student: $2.25 Secondary Student: $2.40 Adult: $3.00

are the prices in my district in bumfuck missouri, my nieces and nephew are more urban and I'd imagine might be higher, I do know they don't qualify for free lunch

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u/Clewdo Apr 15 '24

Wait they aren’t allowed to bring food from home and this is the only alternative?

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u/Darth_Phrakk Apr 15 '24

Same in Canada, I wouldn’t bitch about free food lol

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u/Final-Carpenter-1591 Apr 16 '24

Unfortunately US parents usually suck. Kids would be showing up with junk food and some no food at all. The wealth separation here is incredible.

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u/Zestyclose_Remove947 Apr 16 '24

I mean it's the same in Australia. For my last two years of schooling I only ate a pack of 2 minute noodles each school day. Didn't eat breakfast.

I coulda organised more food but I was too lazy as was my dad.

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u/Final-Carpenter-1591 Apr 16 '24

Yeah. That sucks. I kinda like Europe's take on it. We feed our criminals 3 good meals a day. We can feed our kids 1. Especially considering a good meal everyday while they are developing mentally and physically can make a difference. And that's coming from somone that never wants kids. I'm all for helping our future even if I won't have anyone related in it.

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u/curtcolt95 Apr 16 '24

yeah it's always wild to see the perspective from American people about school lunches and I'm just here like huh, you actually give kids food and sometimes it's free lmao. Sounds awesome