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Luciferous

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7. Yes! I used to work in school kitchens and it's heartbreaking to tell

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #5)

Fri Aug 27, 2021, 07:05 PM

Aug 2021

a kid they can't have their lunch. When we moved my kids still had a good amount of money in their lunch accounts, and I had the school use it to pay off other student's lunch accounts.

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Wisconsin school district opts out of free lunch program for students [View all] left-of-center2012 Aug 2021 OP

Miserable pricks. Talk about who's spoiled. LakeArenal Aug 2021 #1

"Now it's only 40 minutes before I can eat my mayonnaise sandwich..." raging moderate Aug 2021 #2

"the program enabled families to "become spoiled" left-of-center2012 Aug 2021 #3

Feeding children make them spoiled? . .. Lovie777 Aug 2021 #4

School lunches should be free for all in the first place. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2021 #5

Yes! I used to work in school kitchens and it's heartbreaking to tell Luciferous Aug 2021 #7

Waukesha is very red. I used to call it Walkersha when that moron Scott Walker was governor. Ziggysmom Aug 2021 #6

Yep. Free lunches means a minority person might get something for free. sybylla Aug 2021 #8

GOPland. pansypoo53219 Aug 2021 #9

Having grown up there, I am here to tell you... alterfurz Aug 2021 #10

I live in Waukesha Jimbo S Sep 2021 #11

Did you read the links? left-of-center2012 Sep 2021 #12

I feel for the poor kids in school, afraid others will tease them about getting free lunch. Ziggysmom Sep 2021 #13