A Wisconsin school district says students could 'become spoiled' with free meals and opts out of Biden's free lunch program
and advocates said the program is necessary to help prevent child hunger during the pandemic, the district's board members opposed the program and believed that families that can afford to feed their children should do just that.
"I had three kids, I had them and so I'm going to feed them. I feel like that's the responsibility of the adult," Karin Rajnicek, a board member, said during a May meeting."I feel like this is a big problem, and it's really easy to get sucked into and become spoiled and think, it's not my problem any more, it's everyone else's problem to feed my children.
Instead of allowing any student to qualify for free school meals, Waukesha voted to return to the National School Lunch Program, which requires families to fill out an application to qualify for free or reduced school meals. According to data from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, 4,249 students in Waukesha qualified for free and reduced-price meals in 2018-2019 — 36% of the student body. The department said the district can choose to opt back into the program at any time, and some families hope it will.Milwaukee radio she hopes the board will reconsider its decision.
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