Comment on In 750 deprived areas of England, healthy supervised breakfasts are being prototyped in Primary Schools with government funding before a full rollout.
tetris11@feddit.uk 22 hours ago
good, and sad that food is now a literal carrot to get kids to come to school
Its not to get kids to come to school, its so they aren’t hungry, b/c kids shouldn’t be starving. And kids also do better in school when they aren’t hungry.
I agree in principle, but then the “boost attendance” quote seems to suggest that more kids are coming rather than the same kids are performing better
It should also be that if attendance is mandatory then a free lunch should be provided.
Same rule as long running meetings, actually. Could call it the unified law of mandatory snacks.
core@leminal.space 22 hours ago
Its not to get kids to come to school, its so they aren’t hungry, b/c kids shouldn’t be starving. And kids also do better in school when they aren’t hungry.
tetris11@feddit.uk 22 hours ago
I agree in principle, but then the “boost attendance” quote seems to suggest that more kids are coming rather than the same kids are performing better
Tangentism@lemmy.ml 17 hours ago
It should also be that if attendance is mandatory then a free lunch should be provided.
scratchee@feddit.uk 5 hours ago
Same rule as long running meetings, actually. Could call it the unified law of mandatory snacks.