It is honestly weird and saddening that school children have to go hungry during the day if their parents can’t afford lunch money or packed lunches for school. School lunches are also pedagogical.

Positive with universal school meals in Seattle. I hope they manage to push through.

Feeding kids is an excellent idea. But in this situation it should be done in conjunction with the city itself, an outside partnership, or a levy to pay for it. The SPSD has been facing a chronic deficit for years - and all of the education is suffering as a result.

It’s saddening that they’re running a deficit. I’m not entirely sure if that is the case for all school districts in the US, but I’ve read that the schools are funded not by the cities or states, but by the residents in each district? To me that seems cruel.

When reading the article/press release, it also mentioned that they aim to provide food for low income students even at home?