Yeah, so I taught at an an inner cityish school for a decade. We had grants for free breakfast lunch and dinner if they stayed for the free after school program.

That being said, 90% of this shit served goes directly in the trash. Kids don’t want grapes or apples, they don’t want a non fastfood hamburger or pizza, and they definitely don’t want any vegetables (I did have a few autistic kids that went ham on them) but 99/100 no.

It isn’t a “they don’t have access to food” problem. It’s a we’re not serving Takis, McDonald’s, and a Coke. And obviously they never will.

I know every school doesn’t have a grant like that, especially in red states, but I’d literally bet my life it wouldn’t be any more than marginally different across the country.

And before you say “make them eat”, yeah that’s a good fucking joke. Teachers are getting fired for not getting a 5 year olds pronouns right and other stupid ass shit. I got out a few years ago and tripled my salary. I loved my kids, parents are dip shits.