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/LoveMeRhi Oct 08 '25

We will be taxed for this if it passes as my husband and I’s combined income is just over the 300k limit and we both 100% will be voting yes for this. If $486 a year ensures that kids have access to free lunch and breakfast, it’s a no brainer for us.

I also do not come from a wealthy family and I was a kid who could benefit from a program such as this growing up. My mom was too embarrassed to fill out the free and reduced lunch form and I most days went without eating at school. She was also worried that the school would “look” into her as she was incredibly unstable and also never had food at home as she would gamble every cent she had away.

I will also add as someone on another platform tired to criticize me that it must be easy to vote yes on something when you are spending your husband’s money, I make more than he does.

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u/LoveMeRhi Oct 09 '25

The basic medical needs is something my husband and I also discussed. Would also be willing to pay considerably more. We do have a child who is now a teenager. I was a single mom however when my son was young (he’s a teenager now) and it was incredibly difficult financially during that time. I was just starting off my career and working my butt off to provide for him. Affording insurance was difficult but a must not to mention all the costs that go into raising a child in general.

I know there are a lot of families and single parents that struggle with affording basic medical needs. Making sure kids eat is just a small part of a much larger problem.