In Tough Times....More Studens Feed on Free Lunches....

[lib2DaBone]

Are you kidding? Thanks to Bush and his Bankster/Gangsters... more adults may be eating those school lunches as well.
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http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20081211/Economy.School.Lunches/

Washington: There is such a thing as a free lunch. And schools districts across the country report that kids are eating many more of them, as the failing economy hits families hard.

[CoffeeCat]

1. For my two children to eat school lunch...

...daily, it is $85 a month.

That is pricey, and it does add up!

[dysfunctional press]

2. $85 each, or $85 for both of them?

:shrug:

[CoffeeCat]

3. It's about $85 for both of them...

...to eat lunch on a daily basis.

So, if both of them take hot lunch every day, it costs $85 total.

For just lunch, I think that's expensive. For families with many
kids, that can really add up--just for lunch.

[dysfunctional press]

5. it comes out to about $2 per lunch per kid...which doesn't seem all that outrageous...

but it would be better if it could be subsidized down to $1-$1.50 range.

[ogneopasno]

6. Well, there are free and reduced-price lunches for those in need, and this is what the article

is talking about, I assume.

[Night_Nurse]

4. If my two children bought their lunch at elementary school every day...

it would run $25/week. Or, $100 per month.

They brown-bag it, except once a week on pizza day.

What I pack is probably more nutritional as well as economical.