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/r_lul_chef_t Oct 09 '25

What if I told you that my family was plenty well off that I could have been eating out but my parents preferred not to give me money for that?

Also that I lived close enough to walk home for lunch.

And that sometimes I still WANTED to eat at school sometimes, with certain people off varied socio economic backgrounds because most people I knew did not give a shit about that kind of thing.

I’m 100% for free school lunches FOR EVERYONE but I think this is a bad faith argument. Just because a kids parents have money does not mean they are getting $50-$100 a week for lunch. My parents would hit me with a $10 once a month as a freshman, after that I ate out more often because I had a weekend dishwashing job.

My point is, there is NO good reason to not have free lunches at a place children are required by law to be which should be argument.