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D.C. public schools have started serving an early dinner to an estimated 10,000 students, many of whom are now receiving three meals a day from the system as it expands efforts to curb childhood hunger and poor nutrition.
Free and reduced-price breakfast and lunch long have been staples in most urban school systems. But the District is going a step further in 99 of its 123 schools and reaching nearly a quarter of its total enrollment. Montgomery and Prince George's counties also offer a third meal of the day in some schools but not on the scale undertaken in the city.
The program, which will cost the school system about $5.7 million this year, comes at a time of heightened concern aboutchildhood poverty in the city. Census data show that the poverty rate among black children is 43 percent, up from 31 percent in 2007 and significantly higher than national rates.
D.C. public schools have started serving an early dinner to an estimated 10,000 students, many of whom are now receiving three meals a day from the system as it expands efforts to curb childhood hunger and poor nutrition.
Free and reduced-price breakfast and lunch long have been staples in most urban school systems. But the District is going a step further in 99 of its 123 schools and reaching nearly a quarter of its total enrollment. Montgomery and Prince George's counties also offer a third meal of the day in some schools but not on the scale undertaken in the city.
The program, which will cost the school system about $5.7 million this year, comes at a time of heightened concern aboutchildhood poverty in the city. Census data show that the poverty rate among black children is 43 percent, up from 31 percent in 2007 and significantly higher than national rates.
washingtonpost.com
What they really should do is take the children from birth, feed them and set up cribs and cots in the public schools. Then the teachers will be able to help them with their homework and make sure they get enough rest. After the children are potty trained, literate, and have completed 12 years of school, they can return home to their families - if they still want them.
If you can't feed em; don't breed em.
Soup kitchens and "Hoovervilles" work much better, I suppose.All those programs do is create more need.
Why did you decide to say "forced" abortions? Chumming for a point?Forced abortions is a solution to world hunger?
Not much hyperbole here!Seems that way. In fact, in liberal la-la land, infanticide up until the age of two is considered late term pregnancy termination.
Adoption is too damn "Christian" like.
