No one questions the fact that students have difficulty learning
when they're hungry. The question is, WHO should be feeding them
and HOW? The National School Lunch Act became law in 1946. Since
that time, we have added breakfast, school-day snacks, after-
school snacks, take-home meals, and summertime meals. Picture an
elementary classroom with a teacher, students ranging from
miniature to others triple their size. There may be special need
students with paras. Breakfast is provided for everyone,
including the adults. Anyone can choose not to eat, but if they
want anything, they are expected to take at least three of the
items provided. They cannot share or keep anything for later.
All of the food items are prepackaged, but as is often the case,
they have to be thrown away, opened or not (including milk,
juice, cereal boxes, single packaged cheese sticks, muffins,
etc.), if they are not consumed in the 10-15 minutes allowed.
Same thing happens later in the day. You should see the garbage
bins at lunch! The hu