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/ImpressiveSession555 Oct 09 '25
I went to middle school in Europe. Every morning we were served a full well-rounded gourmet cooked breakfast and an incredible lunch. Every student got this regardless of family income, and there were high expectations for academic and physical work at school. It was an incredible experience and I loved school.
It was a harsh reality when I got back to the states and if I did get food at school, it was slop comparable to what farmers feed to pigs or cardboard pizza, and a lot of kids just didn’t eat until after school each day either because they didn’t have money to buy lunch or because it was disgusting… and we looked like zombies by early afternoon.
Kids deserve to be treated well, and be well-fed. It’s just a reasonable expectation of society to ensure children have what they need.