Thread by @JKsbak

Really America? REALLY? Publicly shaming children is bad enough, but this is a bizarre, Dickensian debtor’s prison for kids. #ONEV1 #DemVoice1 #ResistanceUnited #FreshResists
1/5. Read on!

This article explains various forms of lunch shaming; e.g. stamping a child’s hand or serving them lunch, then immediately taking it back and dumping it in the trash. Yes, really.
nbcnews.com/think/opinion/… via @NBCNewsTHINK
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This article explains why less than half of what is spent ends up on the table. Sort of.
Food 44.7%
Labor/Benes 44.5%
Direct costs. 9.5%
Indirect Costs 1.3%
Total 100%
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School Meal Statistics - School Nutrition Association schoolnutrition.org/about-school-m…

Yes, we must pay for cooks in the kitchen & servers. But what else are we paying for in terms of labor? How many direct & indirect costs can be eliminated if we simply streamline the system by serving all children a free lunch every day? That eliminates lunch shaming, too!
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It will need some tweaking along the way. But this is the road to eliminating food insecurity among kids and the brutal practice of lunch shaming.
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This State Is the First to Offer Free Breakfast and Lunch to All K-12 Students via @theascentmoney fool.com/the-ascent/per…