Why should 95% of inmates in prisons get governmental meals, and kids who may or may not have stable meals at home get nothing in some places? Make that make sense. I feel that schools should give free lunches to all students, K-12, regardless of family income or family situations.
Prisons around the world are required to give their inmates free meals for their time spent in jail or prison. That isn’t just out of “the kindness of their heart,” it’s the law in most countries. Yet in many schools in the world, kids are expected to learn, focus, and behave, while worrying about a meal at school?
Students are legally required to attend their school and get their education, just as inmates are legally required to stay in prison.
Many students already rely on subsidized meals, like the 21.4 million K-12 US students who received free or reduced-price lunches in 2024, which is about 72% of high school students in the United States, but 72% is NOT 100%.
You’re going to tell me that, on average, 95% of inmates in prison should get free meals, but only 72% of students should get free meals? I think that is insane!
Some states are expanding universal free meals. States like California, New York, and Vermont have passed laws to offer free school meals to all students regardless of family income. California was the first U.S. state to offer free breakfast and lunch to all K-12 students regardless of family income. It began in the 2022-23 school year. It has been going on since the 2022 school year, but I feel it should be like that for all countries in the world.
If you’re saying schools do enough to provide transport, textbooks, nurses, and counselors. I get that, but food is not a luxury in any way, shape, or form. It’s a bare necessity. That is like going to a restaurant, getting your food, and then having to go to the back and wash your own dishes. Yes, the restaurant provides you with services like the food, silverware, and your 14 Diet Cokes. You would just expect that they would wash your dishes; it’s the bare minimum, just like it’s the bare minimum for schools to provide their students with food.
So I think the government should stop spending taxpayers’ money on our criminals and focus on the kids of tomorrow.
