All the whining about cutting funding for breakfast at school is ridiculous. Many of the children who qualify for this are from families receiving food stamps. Why are their parents not buying breakfast food and being responsible for feeding their children before they send them off to school? When I was a single parent, I managed to do it. The schools were designed to teach our children, not be the social service centers they have become.
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Letter: Breakfasts not duty of schools
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