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String of snow days deprives many students of food
hosted ^ | Feb 13

Posted on 02/14/2010 6:42:42 PM PST by JoeProBono

TAKOMA PARK, Md. (AP) -- As back-to-back snowstorms shuttered schools for the week across the mid-Atlantic states, parents fretted about lost learning time, administrators scheduled makeup days and teachers posted assignments online.

But Marla Caplon worried about a more fundamental problem: How would students eat? The two snowstorms that pummeled the region, leaving more than 3 feet of snow in some areas, deprived tens of thousands of children from Virginia to Pennsylvania of the free or reduced-price school lunch that may be their only nutritious meal of the day. The nonprofits that try to meet the need when school is not in session also closed their doors for much of the week, leaving many families looking at bare cupboards. And many parents working hourly jobs were unable to earn any money during the week, as the snow forced businesses to close.

Caplon is a food services supervisor for Montgomery County Public Schools, where about 43,000 children are eligible for free or reduced-price lunches. Some also get breakfast, dinner and bags of staple foods to take home for the weekend. The snow days meant children would get none of that until Tuesday, because schools are closed Monday for Presidents Day.

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TOPICS: Food
KEYWORDS: food; globalcooling; jpb; maryland; schoollunch; snowmageddon; snowstorm
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1 posted on 02/14/2010 6:42:42 PM PST by JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono

Leeches complaining that they can’t leech for a couple of days.


2 posted on 02/14/2010 6:45:08 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (I was born in America, but now I live in Declinistan.)
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To: JoeProBono

How many died? None?


3 posted on 02/14/2010 6:45:40 PM PST by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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To: JoeProBono

Tragic on divergent levels.


4 posted on 02/14/2010 6:45:50 PM PST by MarineBrat (Better dead than red!)
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To: JoeProBono

The downside of relying on other people to take care of you.


5 posted on 02/14/2010 6:45:53 PM PST by brytlea (Jesus loves me, this I know.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

No, government drones are afraid that someone will notice that the world goes on even without their tender ministrations.


6 posted on 02/14/2010 6:46:41 PM PST by achilles2000 (Shouting "fire" in a burning building is doing everyone a favor...whether they like it or not)
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To: JoeProBono

I am sure if they are this poor their families have ebt cash and food cards.


7 posted on 02/14/2010 6:47:14 PM PST by dforest (Who is the real Jim Thompson? I am.)
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To: JoeProBono

geez! Womb to the Tomb Socialism is such a bitch to keep up with when it snows, huh? Then again, this creates another perfectly good crisis for your local Dhimmies to exploit.

The key word in this article is “may”. As usual it is not the proof one presents, rather the seriousness of the charges...


8 posted on 02/14/2010 6:47:50 PM PST by Bean Counter (I keeps mah feathers numbered, for just such an emergency...)
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To: JoeProBono

Why is it up to me to feed other people’s kids? Typical of the “support our kids” signs seen outside of every polling place for school levy issues.

Entitlement mentality.


9 posted on 02/14/2010 6:47:51 PM PST by datura ("Against all enemies, both foreign and domestic")
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To: JoeProBono

There must be mass starvation during the summer.


10 posted on 02/14/2010 6:47:52 PM PST by cripplecreek (Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

For the most part, single moms and illegals. These are who our politicians represent.

Our rulers don’t give a crap about us, except on April 15.


11 posted on 02/14/2010 6:48:42 PM PST by SirJohnBarleycorn
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Montgomery County Public Schools, where about 43,000 children are eligible for free or reduced-price lunches.

That does not translate into these students going hungry. The schools recruit students into the program to collect federal dollars.

I ate PB and jelly sandwiches in the 50s and 60s. Now the libs would say I was eligible for free lunch, in order to avoid hunger. Bull.

12 posted on 02/14/2010 6:49:16 PM PST by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there.)
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To: JoeProBono

I would be curious about the obesity rate for recipients of the free school lunch program.


13 posted on 02/14/2010 6:49:26 PM PST by magellan
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14 posted on 02/14/2010 6:49:45 PM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: JoeProBono

Put on some layers and walk to the local church food shelf. It’s what all of us poor folk do up in the Upper Midwest.


15 posted on 02/14/2010 6:50:04 PM PST by TypeZoNegative (Pro life & Vegan because I respect all life, Republican because our enemies don't respect ours.)
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To: Bean Counter

16 posted on 02/14/2010 6:52:15 PM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: brytlea

Brings to mind this video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XivNwQ76mCs


17 posted on 02/14/2010 6:52:28 PM PST by FrdmLvr ("The people will believe what the media tells them they believe." Orwell)
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To: JoeProBono
More like this but they're trying to portray it as Donner Pass intermediate school district.

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18 posted on 02/14/2010 6:53:00 PM PST by cripplecreek (Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
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To: JoeProBono

Starving?

Typical mainstream media b-s. Creating a crisis when there isn’t any.


19 posted on 02/14/2010 6:53:07 PM PST by fatnotlazy
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To: JoeProBono

Sounds like Michelle’s wasting no time fixing that childhood obesity problem.


20 posted on 02/14/2010 6:53:28 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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