school lunch

Beacon Hill lawmakers are celebrating new legislation that stipulates schools must provide the means for universal free breakfast and lunch for all students.

A new study says many Massachusetts school kids are being shamed and even threatened by school systems over unpaid meals. This is alarming. According to The Boston Herald, The Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, a liberal anti-poverty group, looked at 154 Massachusetts schools last fall that do not offer universal free lunches, and says many use "meal shaming" practices for kids who can'

My kids will be happy to hear this, in response to criticism that the new school lunch guidelines that went into effect in September weren't giving kids enough to eat, the Agriculture Department is changing the rules to allow more grains and meat.