When my oldest son started kindergarten four years ago, it was the first year that New York City implemented free universal lunch and breakfast for all students. That meant that for every meal served during the school day, all the kids at his Brooklyn school could get in the cafeteria line and help themselves. No lunch money, no special accounts for low-income children. Free food for all.
It was an important step to improve health and nutrition for students, it reduced the stigma attached to getting free and reduced-priced meals, and it made my daily life so much easier.
Now the federal government has announced that it will extend its pandemic school meal provisions and provide all schoolchildren with free meals during the 2021-22 school year. I’m here to tell you that regardless of your family income and whether or not you have packed your child lunches in years past, you should have your child eat school meals.
Free School Lunches Extended Until 2022
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USDA extends free student meals through June 2022
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