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Republicans Declare Banning Universal Free School Meals a 2024 Priority (newrepublic.com)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

The problem is that, when free lunches are restricted to only kids who can’t afford lunch, there’s a social pressure NOT to get the free lunch. Kids don’t want to stand out as “that poor kid.” They’ll skip lunch instead of being singled out.

that's another factor--even at my school, which was extremely heterogeneous in terms of wealth, this dynamic was pretty obvious. you can't really hide that you get free lunch, because everyone's in a line with you when you pay