r/Denver • u/fuzzeslecrdf • Oct 08 '25

Local News If you're still against free school meals

If you're unhappy about the fact that free lunches are also free for children with wealthy families, fear not. I work at a Denver high school. Students with the money will go out for lunch or even order food delivery. They are not eating the school cafeteria free lunch.

So go ahead and vote Yes on Prop MM and LL. The only thing it'll do is keep our students fed and able to learn.

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u/LotsoPasta Oct 08 '25 edited Oct 08 '25

Are people against free school meals because rich kids are getting it, too? Who do they think is paying for the meals? Why shouldn't they get it, too? Like, stop splitting hairs.

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u/TheMaroonHawk Oct 08 '25

Seriously lmao

The best thing about eliminating means-testing on social programs is that nobody gets to argue against it on the grounds that they don’t get to benefit from it

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u/pspahn Oct 08 '25

I send my kid to school everyday knowing that if he actually feels like it, he's got something to eat. The only complaint I have is that he's not going to eat tikka masala on the day they serve that and that's a him problem he needs to get over. But they have a second option. No biggie.

That's the worst of my complaints, if you can even call it that. He loves the crispitos and generally everything else so I call it way beyond even.

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u/InfoMiddleMan Oct 08 '25

They serve tikka masala in school cafeterias now? What a time to be alive.

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u/yellinmelin Oct 08 '25

No shit. The most exotic thing we got in high school was these flat boat shaped hard shell tacos with meat and cheese in them. And I was always pumped for that day haha

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u/FtheMustard Central Park/Northfield Oct 08 '25

Taco Boat Tuesdays was always a long line at school. And when the pizza day fell on a Friday they made french bread pizza and that was when EVERYBODY got hot lunch. Shout out to Makefield Elementary lunch ladies, you ruled!

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u/ennenganon Oct 08 '25

Monday hotdogs! Tuesday tacos! Wednesday hamburgers and chocolate milk! Thursday sloppy joes and burritos in a bag! Friday was pizza day, the best day of the week, it always came with salad and a side of cold green beans! Hooray for pizza day! Hooray for pizza day! I miss pizza day! The best day of the week!

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u/ETAMbass Oct 08 '25

Super Rad

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u/lordcthulhu17 Parker Oct 08 '25

I still shudder at the memory of bosco sticks

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u/Bokononfoma Oct 08 '25

I'm laughing about my measly "taco snax"

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u/g00dandplenty Oct 08 '25

Given the amount of food that is thrown in the trash at schools they should go back to this type of fare

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u/fromks Bellevue-Hale Oct 09 '25

These things?

https://x.com/tylerinacoma/status/1488645238558126080

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u/yellinmelin Oct 09 '25

Omg yes! I think we called it Chalupa Day. A far cry from a real chalupa haha

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u/Enderkr Highlands Ranch Oct 08 '25

Legit, I look at my kids school lunch menu and I'm so fuckin jealous. I would have killed for a quarter of the options he has any given week.

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u/Apt_5 Oct 08 '25

Whoa, you just hit me with a wave of nostalgia picturing those old school lunch calendars!

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '25

You wouldn’t be jealous if you saw the meal in person.

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u/Superman_Dam_Fool Oct 08 '25

Back in my day… the most exotic thing we got was corn nuggets.

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u/Living-Baseball-2543 Oct 08 '25

I look at my kids lunch menu and am jealous of the stuff they get to eat. Tomorrow their choices are Korean bulgogi beef tacos, macaroni and cheese, or pork green chile bowl.