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Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB
$1.50 is a pretty cheap lunch...is that what school lunches cost, or is that the reduced rate? If reduced, these parents have already shown that they don't have much in the way of funds.
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Our basic school lunch is $2.50 but my girl usually spends $3.50 because you can get all kinds of stuff ala carte. Our reduced lunch fee is $1.50. Then there are free lunches. As previously noted, that is a federal program and if a school accepts federal funding, they have to include that program.
When I was in high school, we had funding problems and they eliminated lunch altogether. They shortened our school day so that we were out of school by 1:30 or something like that. We had a 10 minute "nutrition break" at the end of 3rd hour. We could bring stuff to eat then or buy stuff at the school store. I was selling candy bars for 3 years to pay for a trip to Mexico City with my Spanish class and I sold TONS of candy bars during nutrition break.. enough to pay for my whole trip!
Our schools recently went to a new vendor for lunch who only serves healthier food. My son stopped buying lunch at all, even though what I make him is just as healthy as what's available. He always hated the lines for lunch anyway.
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